The Nebraska agency that regulates gambling spent $30,000-plus to buy a semi-automatic rifle for each of the agency’s 10 investigators, citing the need to protect casino-goers from active shooters.
“If we had an active shooter event, we have a duty to intervene and to eliminate that threat,” said Steve Eppens, an investigator with the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission.
The Nebraska agency that regulates gambling spent $30,000-plus to buy a semi-automatic rifle for each of the agency’s 10 investigators, citing need to protect casino-goers from active shooters.
A leadership change is coming to the state agency that licenses and regulates Nebraska racetrack casinos. Executive director Tom Sage will retire effective March 12.