In Nebraska, machine gun means “any firearm, whatever its size and usual designation, that shoots automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.”¹

In Nebraska, any person who transports or possesses any machine gun commits a Class IV felony.² This does not apply to any person qualified under federal law to possess or transport machine guns.³

Federal law requires machine guns to be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), and generally prohibits the transfer or possession of machine guns manufactured after May 19, 1986.⁴

 See our Machine Guns policy summary for a comprehensive discussion of this issue. 

1. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1201(7).[↩]
2. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1203(1).[↩]
3. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1203(2).[↩]
4. 18 U.S.C. § 922(o); 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d).[↩]