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From: Gun_Owners_of_America@mailmanager.net <Gun_Owners_of_America@mailmanager.net>
To: Gun_Owners_of_America@mailmanager.net <Gun_Owners_of_America@mailmanager.net>
Date: Saturday, February 03, 2001 12:04 PM
Subject: NE: Compromising The Rights Of Gun Owners
>Compromising The Rights Of Nebraska Gun Owners
>
>Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
>8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
>Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
>http://www.gunowners.org
>
>February 3, 2001
>
>
>Dear Nebraska gun rights supporter,
>
>Only your immediate action can protect your gun rights.
>
>After the Judiciary Committee's public hearing on Wednesday, two gun
>bills are stuck on hold, waiting for an executive session to be
>called for a committee vote -- this session can be called at almost
>any time.
>
>One bill is LB 496 -- a deal negotiated by Nebraska State Senators
>to allow law-abiding gun owners in your state to get a license
>(really, a state permission slip) to carry a concealed firearm --
>but at a high price, a price that may get even higher.
>
>Certain provisions of LB 496 create a series of bureaucratic
>loopholes and hoops for law-abiding gun-owners to jump through,
>while only giving a limited number of crumbs to gun owners.
>
>That is why I am asking you to please call your Senator and request
>that he or she immediately amend LB 496 and delete all anti-gun
>provisions once this bill reaches the floor.
>
>Without your immediate action, the Senate will keep these provisions
>and may even add on more anti-gun amendments to this bill.
>
>The following are just a few of reasons why you and other gun owners
>must fight for revisions to LB 496:
>
> * Under LB 496, gun-grabbing liberals in local government would
> have the ability to designate almost any area off-limits --
> buildings, restaurants, and surrounding areas will become
> No-Safety Zones, where your right to carry will not exist.
>
> With this law, concealed carry holders would be forced to avoid a
> patchwork of local No-Safety Zones, always worried whether or not
> they are breaking the law while walking down the street.
>
> * LB 496 requires local sheriffs to take and keep fingerprints on
> record of every concealed carry holder.
>
> Like a common criminal, you and other concealed carry applicants
> would be fingerprinted and records of your personal information
> will be stored away for later use.
>
> * LB 496 allows local government bureaucrats to refuse concealed
> carry permits to law-abiding citizens unable to attain a driver's
> license due to poor eyesight.
>
> Although this provision may not affect you personally, certain
> elderly and/or disabled citizens will be left defenseless while
> walking down a public street or riding alone on the bus.
>
> * LB 496 may be amended to require government mandated training as
> a requirement for concealed carry applicants because some gun
> compromisers are pushing this.
>
> In order to prove your worthiness, government bureaucrats will be
> able to force concealed carry applicants to spend a
> yet-to-be-determined amount of time and money on classes, designed
> to weed out "less desirable" gun owners -- such as young women and
> the elderly.
>
> * LB 496 requires a $60 application fee to be paid every four
> years in order to gain the privilege of applying for your right to
> carry a concealed weapon.
>
> Under this provision, government bureaucrats are given the
> authority to tax concealed carry holders at a noticeably steeper
> price than most other states.
>
>Most of these problems, however, can be fixed with enough pressure
>placed by concerned gun owners.
>
>That is why I ask you to please contact your Senator right away and
>tell him that you will not stand for a hodgepodge of compromises and
>backroom deals.
>
>Urge him to amend LB 496 and cut out such things as authority for
>local No-Safety Zones, fingerprints, and the eyesight provision.
>And above all, urge your Senator to vote against any attempt by the
>gun-grabbing liberals to add training as a requirement.
>
>However, there is some good news for gun owners.
>
>The Judicial Committee may also vote on LB 219 during its executive
>session, and with enough pressure for gun owners, the committee may
>be forced to pass it.
>
>You see, LB 219 is modeled after Vermont's successful carry law --
>which simply states that law-abiding citizens may carry a firearm
>for any reason except the commission of a crime. And with that law,
>Vermont has one of the very lowest violent crime rates in America.
>
>LB 219 -- the Personal Protection Act -- would allow any law-abiding
>citizen the right to carry a concealed firearm without government
>intervention, while still mandating that it is against the law to
>commit (or intend to commit) a crime with any concealed firearm.
>
>Forcing the politicians in Lincoln to pass Vermont-style Concealed
>Carry (LB 219) will not be easy.
>
>The professional politicians already have an easy way out with
>LB 496 -- a bill not half as controversial as LB 219 -- and not half
>as good.
>
>That is why I must ask you to check the list of committee members at
>the end of this e-mail. If your Senator is listed, please call and
>urge him to make a motion to pass LB 219 onto the floor.
>
>Getting your Senator to make a motion on such a bill will be
>difficult; it will take the combined efforts of all Nebraska gun
>owners to get LB 219 to pass out of committee. But only LB 219 can
>be truly considered pro-gun and should be supported by gun owners
>around Nebraska.
>
>That is why I am asking for your immediate action.
>
>You and I have a great chance to finally get a genuine right to
>carry concealed law in Nebraska.
>
>You and I know law enforcement officials cannot be everywhere -- and
>as the Los Angeles riots showed -- sometimes can't protect citizens
>at all. In the end, protection for our families, homes and
>businesses must be our own responsibility.
>
>Of course, the gun grabbers and other government-knows-best liberals
>hate the idea of law-abiding citizens protecting themselves. That's
>why they have put up roadblocks to your free exercise of the right
>to keep and bear arms.
>
>Here's what I hope you will do:
>
> * Call and urge your Senator to amend LB 496 to delete every
> anti-gun provision like authority for No-Safety Zones, high
> permit fees, and fingerprinting and to absolutely oppose any
> effort to add government mandated training.
>
> * Check the Judiciary Committee list below for your Senator's
> name. If your Senator is listed, please call him and request that
> he make a motion to pass LB 219 onto the floor at the next
> executive session.
>
> * Lastly, spread the word. Copy and distribute, forward and/or
> cross-post this and other alerts -- to let other pro-gun
> supporters know how to get involved.
>
>For your convenience, at the end of this e-mail, I have enclosed a
>list of Senators and their legislative contact info.
>
>Please take the requested action. Your immediate action is necessary
>to force your Senator into standing up for his constituents and pass
>only pro-gun bills.
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Dennis Fusaro
>Director of State Legislation
>
>PS: With a pro-gun Vermont-style concealed carry bill (LB 219) and
>a hodgepodge of compromises (LB 496) being in the same committee,
>your immediate action will mean the difference between freedom and a
>barrage of bureaucratic loopholes.
>
>Please contact your State Senator right away and urge him to support
>LB 219 and amend LB 496 to delete all anti-gun provisions.
>
>
>District maps at:
>http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/districts/index.htm
>
>
>Judiciary Committee members:
>
>Name Dis Phone (402) E-Mail
>
>Baker 44 471-2805 tbaker@unicam.state.ne.us
>Bourne 08 471-2722 pbourne@unicam.state.ne.us
>Brashear 04 471-2621 kbrashear@unicam.state.ne.us
>Chambers 11 471-2612 none
>Connealy 16 471-2728 mconnealy@unicam.state.ne.us
>Pedersen 39 471-2885 dpedersen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Robak 22 471-2715 jrobak@unicam.state.ne.us
>Tyson 19 471-2929 gtyson@unicam.state.ne.us
>
>
>Full Senate:
>
>Name Dis Phone (402) E-Mail
>
>Aguilar 35 471-2617 raguilar@unicam.state.ne.us
>Baker 44 471-2805 tbaker@unicam.state.ne.us
>Beutler 28 471-2633 cbeutler@unicam.state.ne.us
>Bourne 08 471-2722 pbourne@unicam.state.ne.us
>Brashear 04 471-2621 kbrashear@unicam.state.ne.us
>Bromm 23 471-2719 cbromm@unicam.state.ne.us
>Brown 06 471-2714 pbrown@unicam.state.ne.us
>Bruning 03 471-2627 jbruning@unicam.state.ne.us
>Burling 33 471-2712 cburling@unicam.state.ne.us
>Byars 30 471-2620 dbyars@unicam.state.ne.us
>Chambers 11 471-2612 none
>Connealy 16 471-2728 mconnealy@unicam.state.ne.us
>Coordsen 32 471-2711 gcoordsen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Cudaback 36 471-2642 jcudaback@unicam.state.ne.us
>Cunningham 18 471-2801 dcunningham@unicam.state.ne.us
>Dierks 40 471-2618 mdierks@unicam.state.ne.us
>Engel 17 471-2716 lengel@unicam.state.ne.us
>Erdman 47 471-2616 perdman@unicam.state.ne.us
>Foley 29 471-2734 mfoley@unicam.state.ne.us
>Hartnett 45 471-2615 phartnett@unicam.state.ne.us
>Hilgert 07 471-2721 jhilgert@unicam.state.ne.us
>Hudkins 21 471-2673 chudkins@unicam.state.ne.us
>Janssen 15 471-2625 rjanssen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Jensen 20 471-2622 jjensen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Jones 43 471-2628 none
>Kremer 34 471-2630 bkremer@unicam.state.ne.us
>Kristensen 37 471-2726 dkristensen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Kruse 13 471-2727 lkruse@unicam.state.ne.us
>Landis 46 471-2720 dlandis@unicam.state.ne.us
>Maxwell 09 471-2723 cmaxwell@unicam.state.ne.us
>McDonald 41 471-2631 rmcdonald@unicam.state.ne.us
>Pedersen 39 471-2885 dpedersen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Pederson 42 471-2729 dpederson@unicam.state.ne.us
>Preister 05 471-2710 dpreister@unicam.state.ne.us
>Price 26 471-2610 mprice@unicam.state.ne.us
>Quandahl 31 471-2327 mquandahl@unicam.state.ne.us
>Raikes 25 471-2731 rraikes@unicam.state.ne.us
>Redfield 12 471-2623 predfield@unicam.state.ne.us
>Robak 22 471-2715 jrobak@unicam.state.ne.us
>Schimek 27 471-2632 dschimek@unicam.state.ne.us
>Schrock 38 471-2732 eschrock@unicam.state.ne.us
>Smith 48 471-2802 asmith@unicam.state.ne.us
>Stuhr 24 471-2756 estuhr@unicam.state.ne.us
>Suttle 10 471-2718 dsuttle@unicam.state.ne.us
>Thompson 14 471-2730 nthompson@unicam.state.ne.us
>Tyson 19 471-2929 gtyson@unicam.state.ne.us
>Vrtiska 01 471-2733 fvrtiska@unicam.state.ne.us
>Wehrbein 02 471-2613 rwehrbein@unicam.state.ne.us
>Wickersham 49 471-2725 bwickersham@unicam.state.ne.us
>
>
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From: Gun_Owners_of_America@mailmanager.net <Gun_Owners_of_America@mailmanager.net>
To: Gun_Owners_of_America@mailmanager.net <Gun_Owners_of_America@mailmanager.net>
Date: Saturday, February 03, 2001 12:04 PM
Subject: NE: Compromising The Rights Of Gun Owners
>Compromising The Rights Of Nebraska Gun Owners
>
>Gun Owners of America E-Mail/FAX Alert
>8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
>Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
>http://www.gunowners.org
>
>February 3, 2001
>
>
>Dear Nebraska gun rights supporter,
>
>Only your immediate action can protect your gun rights.
>
>After the Judiciary Committee's public hearing on Wednesday, two gun
>bills are stuck on hold, waiting for an executive session to be
>called for a committee vote -- this session can be called at almost
>any time.
>
>One bill is LB 496 -- a deal negotiated by Nebraska State Senators
>to allow law-abiding gun owners in your state to get a license
>(really, a state permission slip) to carry a concealed firearm --
>but at a high price, a price that may get even higher.
>
>Certain provisions of LB 496 create a series of bureaucratic
>loopholes and hoops for law-abiding gun-owners to jump through,
>while only giving a limited number of crumbs to gun owners.
>
>That is why I am asking you to please call your Senator and request
>that he or she immediately amend LB 496 and delete all anti-gun
>provisions once this bill reaches the floor.
>
>Without your immediate action, the Senate will keep these provisions
>and may even add on more anti-gun amendments to this bill.
>
>The following are just a few of reasons why you and other gun owners
>must fight for revisions to LB 496:
>
> * Under LB 496, gun-grabbing liberals in local government would
> have the ability to designate almost any area off-limits --
> buildings, restaurants, and surrounding areas will become
> No-Safety Zones, where your right to carry will not exist.
>
> With this law, concealed carry holders would be forced to avoid a
> patchwork of local No-Safety Zones, always worried whether or not
> they are breaking the law while walking down the street.
>
> * LB 496 requires local sheriffs to take and keep fingerprints on
> record of every concealed carry holder.
>
> Like a common criminal, you and other concealed carry applicants
> would be fingerprinted and records of your personal information
> will be stored away for later use.
>
> * LB 496 allows local government bureaucrats to refuse concealed
> carry permits to law-abiding citizens unable to attain a driver's
> license due to poor eyesight.
>
> Although this provision may not affect you personally, certain
> elderly and/or disabled citizens will be left defenseless while
> walking down a public street or riding alone on the bus.
>
> * LB 496 may be amended to require government mandated training as
> a requirement for concealed carry applicants because some gun
> compromisers are pushing this.
>
> In order to prove your worthiness, government bureaucrats will be
> able to force concealed carry applicants to spend a
> yet-to-be-determined amount of time and money on classes, designed
> to weed out "less desirable" gun owners -- such as young women and
> the elderly.
>
> * LB 496 requires a $60 application fee to be paid every four
> years in order to gain the privilege of applying for your right to
> carry a concealed weapon.
>
> Under this provision, government bureaucrats are given the
> authority to tax concealed carry holders at a noticeably steeper
> price than most other states.
>
>Most of these problems, however, can be fixed with enough pressure
>placed by concerned gun owners.
>
>That is why I ask you to please contact your Senator right away and
>tell him that you will not stand for a hodgepodge of compromises and
>backroom deals.
>
>Urge him to amend LB 496 and cut out such things as authority for
>local No-Safety Zones, fingerprints, and the eyesight provision.
>And above all, urge your Senator to vote against any attempt by the
>gun-grabbing liberals to add training as a requirement.
>
>However, there is some good news for gun owners.
>
>The Judicial Committee may also vote on LB 219 during its executive
>session, and with enough pressure for gun owners, the committee may
>be forced to pass it.
>
>You see, LB 219 is modeled after Vermont's successful carry law --
>which simply states that law-abiding citizens may carry a firearm
>for any reason except the commission of a crime. And with that law,
>Vermont has one of the very lowest violent crime rates in America.
>
>LB 219 -- the Personal Protection Act -- would allow any law-abiding
>citizen the right to carry a concealed firearm without government
>intervention, while still mandating that it is against the law to
>commit (or intend to commit) a crime with any concealed firearm.
>
>Forcing the politicians in Lincoln to pass Vermont-style Concealed
>Carry (LB 219) will not be easy.
>
>The professional politicians already have an easy way out with
>LB 496 -- a bill not half as controversial as LB 219 -- and not half
>as good.
>
>That is why I must ask you to check the list of committee members at
>the end of this e-mail. If your Senator is listed, please call and
>urge him to make a motion to pass LB 219 onto the floor.
>
>Getting your Senator to make a motion on such a bill will be
>difficult; it will take the combined efforts of all Nebraska gun
>owners to get LB 219 to pass out of committee. But only LB 219 can
>be truly considered pro-gun and should be supported by gun owners
>around Nebraska.
>
>That is why I am asking for your immediate action.
>
>You and I have a great chance to finally get a genuine right to
>carry concealed law in Nebraska.
>
>You and I know law enforcement officials cannot be everywhere -- and
>as the Los Angeles riots showed -- sometimes can't protect citizens
>at all. In the end, protection for our families, homes and
>businesses must be our own responsibility.
>
>Of course, the gun grabbers and other government-knows-best liberals
>hate the idea of law-abiding citizens protecting themselves. That's
>why they have put up roadblocks to your free exercise of the right
>to keep and bear arms.
>
>Here's what I hope you will do:
>
> * Call and urge your Senator to amend LB 496 to delete every
> anti-gun provision like authority for No-Safety Zones, high
> permit fees, and fingerprinting and to absolutely oppose any
> effort to add government mandated training.
>
> * Check the Judiciary Committee list below for your Senator's
> name. If your Senator is listed, please call him and request that
> he make a motion to pass LB 219 onto the floor at the next
> executive session.
>
> * Lastly, spread the word. Copy and distribute, forward and/or
> cross-post this and other alerts -- to let other pro-gun
> supporters know how to get involved.
>
>For your convenience, at the end of this e-mail, I have enclosed a
>list of Senators and their legislative contact info.
>
>Please take the requested action. Your immediate action is necessary
>to force your Senator into standing up for his constituents and pass
>only pro-gun bills.
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Dennis Fusaro
>Director of State Legislation
>
>PS: With a pro-gun Vermont-style concealed carry bill (LB 219) and
>a hodgepodge of compromises (LB 496) being in the same committee,
>your immediate action will mean the difference between freedom and a
>barrage of bureaucratic loopholes.
>
>Please contact your State Senator right away and urge him to support
>LB 219 and amend LB 496 to delete all anti-gun provisions.
>
>
>District maps at:
>http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/districts/index.htm
>
>
>Judiciary Committee members:
>
>Name Dis Phone (402) E-Mail
>
>Baker 44 471-2805 tbaker@unicam.state.ne.us
>Bourne 08 471-2722 pbourne@unicam.state.ne.us
>Brashear 04 471-2621 kbrashear@unicam.state.ne.us
>Chambers 11 471-2612 none
>Connealy 16 471-2728 mconnealy@unicam.state.ne.us
>Pedersen 39 471-2885 dpedersen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Robak 22 471-2715 jrobak@unicam.state.ne.us
>Tyson 19 471-2929 gtyson@unicam.state.ne.us
>
>
>Full Senate:
>
>Name Dis Phone (402) E-Mail
>
>Aguilar 35 471-2617 raguilar@unicam.state.ne.us
>Baker 44 471-2805 tbaker@unicam.state.ne.us
>Beutler 28 471-2633 cbeutler@unicam.state.ne.us
>Bourne 08 471-2722 pbourne@unicam.state.ne.us
>Brashear 04 471-2621 kbrashear@unicam.state.ne.us
>Bromm 23 471-2719 cbromm@unicam.state.ne.us
>Brown 06 471-2714 pbrown@unicam.state.ne.us
>Bruning 03 471-2627 jbruning@unicam.state.ne.us
>Burling 33 471-2712 cburling@unicam.state.ne.us
>Byars 30 471-2620 dbyars@unicam.state.ne.us
>Chambers 11 471-2612 none
>Connealy 16 471-2728 mconnealy@unicam.state.ne.us
>Coordsen 32 471-2711 gcoordsen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Cudaback 36 471-2642 jcudaback@unicam.state.ne.us
>Cunningham 18 471-2801 dcunningham@unicam.state.ne.us
>Dierks 40 471-2618 mdierks@unicam.state.ne.us
>Engel 17 471-2716 lengel@unicam.state.ne.us
>Erdman 47 471-2616 perdman@unicam.state.ne.us
>Foley 29 471-2734 mfoley@unicam.state.ne.us
>Hartnett 45 471-2615 phartnett@unicam.state.ne.us
>Hilgert 07 471-2721 jhilgert@unicam.state.ne.us
>Hudkins 21 471-2673 chudkins@unicam.state.ne.us
>Janssen 15 471-2625 rjanssen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Jensen 20 471-2622 jjensen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Jones 43 471-2628 none
>Kremer 34 471-2630 bkremer@unicam.state.ne.us
>Kristensen 37 471-2726 dkristensen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Kruse 13 471-2727 lkruse@unicam.state.ne.us
>Landis 46 471-2720 dlandis@unicam.state.ne.us
>Maxwell 09 471-2723 cmaxwell@unicam.state.ne.us
>McDonald 41 471-2631 rmcdonald@unicam.state.ne.us
>Pedersen 39 471-2885 dpedersen@unicam.state.ne.us
>Pederson 42 471-2729 dpederson@unicam.state.ne.us
>Preister 05 471-2710 dpreister@unicam.state.ne.us
>Price 26 471-2610 mprice@unicam.state.ne.us
>Quandahl 31 471-2327 mquandahl@unicam.state.ne.us
>Raikes 25 471-2731 rraikes@unicam.state.ne.us
>Redfield 12 471-2623 predfield@unicam.state.ne.us
>Robak 22 471-2715 jrobak@unicam.state.ne.us
>Schimek 27 471-2632 dschimek@unicam.state.ne.us
>Schrock 38 471-2732 eschrock@unicam.state.ne.us
>Smith 48 471-2802 asmith@unicam.state.ne.us
>Stuhr 24 471-2756 estuhr@unicam.state.ne.us
>Suttle 10 471-2718 dsuttle@unicam.state.ne.us
>Thompson 14 471-2730 nthompson@unicam.state.ne.us
>Tyson 19 471-2929 gtyson@unicam.state.ne.us
>Vrtiska 01 471-2733 fvrtiska@unicam.state.ne.us
>Wehrbein 02 471-2613 rwehrbein@unicam.state.ne.us
>Wickersham 49 471-2725 bwickersham@unicam.state.ne.us
>
>
>**************
>Do not reply directly to this message.
>
>To subscribe to free, low-volume GOA alerts, go to
>http://www.gunowners.org/ean.htm on the web. Change of e-mail
>address may also be made at that location.
>
>To unsubscribe send a message to gunowners_members@mailmanager.net
>with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
>
>Problems, questions or comments? The main GOA e-mail address
>goamail@gunowners.org is at your disposal. Please do not add that
>address to distribution lists sending more than ten messages per
>week or lists associated with issues other than gun rights.
>