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Dog shoots woman with shotgun at Nebraska convenience store
(www.theguardian.com)
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Thats true, that is an important technicality.
From what I understand of various states road laws and... basically dialects... 'freeway' and 'highway' technically mean slightly different things, by state, and sometimes literally by county or city.
So... yeah. I'm not from Nebraska, you might be right.
But the... intent, that you're ascribing, to the law... I mean thats a factor in how a judge would rule, but... the actual texts of the relevant laws are factors as well.
Not to worry, Nebraska (and most/all other states) has this definition codified into law:
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=60-624
You are correct that "freeway" or more likely some variation of "controlled access freeway" will have a separate legal definition that is closer to what normal people probably think of when they hear the word "highway."
Ah shit ok, you're right then, this 'highway' is pretty much just 'any publicly maintained road' in Nebrasaka.
Not just Nebraska but most, possibly all, US states. From what I've seen, anyhow. Hence my note about it being a term of art. In the law books it doesn't mean the same thing normal people think it ought to mean.
(Same thing with "assault," incidentally.)
Well shit, TIL.
Genuienly thank you for the uh... legal education, I guess you'd say.
Maybe its just that the state I am from is particularly weird about this, or maybe I just had an unfounded notion.
Either way, always appreciate being less wrong.
And yeah woooey assault is not what most people think it is, either as a crime in and of itself, or, as a descriptor of a class of weapons.