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In Nebraska you have to get a firearms purchase permit from the county sheriff or chief of police, which costs $5 and is good for three years. It takes up to 3 weeks to run the background checks and receive your permit. This is only required for handguns; it makes purchasing rifles and shotguns faster and easier but isn't necessary.

You are pretty much guaranteed to be issued the permit unless you have been indicted, charged, or convicted of a crime with a sentence greater than 1 year, are a fugitive from justice, are an illegal drug user, have been committed to a mental institution, are an illegal alien, an alien on a non-immigrant visa, or citizen who renounced your citizenship, received a dishonorable discharge, are under a restraining order, or were convicted of domestic violence.