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Below are the addresses of our U. S. Senators and Congressman
The Honorable Chuck Hagel
United States Senate
248 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
Ph: 202-224-4224
Fax: 202-224-5213
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The Honorable Ben Nelson
United States Senate
720 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
T: 202-224-6551
Fax: 202-228-0012
Local Number: 402-391-3411
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Washington, D.C. Address
The Honorable Jeff Fortenberry
1517 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Ph: 202-225-4806
Fx: 202-225-5686
District Office Addresses
Lincoln Office
301 S. 13th Street, Suite 100
Lincoln, NE 68508
Ph: 402-438-1598
FX: 402-438-1604
Fremont District Office
629 North Broad Street
Fremont, NE 68025
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In Washington D.C.:
Congressman Lee Terry
1513 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Ph: 202-225-4155
In the District:
11640 Arbor Street
Omaha NE 68144
Ph: 402-397-9944
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Washington, D. C.
Address
The Honorable
Adrian Smith
503 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Ph: 202-225-6435
Fax: 202-225-0207
District Office
Addresses
Grand Island
Office
1811 West Second Street
Suite 105
Grand Island, NE 68803
Ph: 308-384-3900
Fax: 308-384-3902
Scottsbluff
Office
416 Valley View Drive
Suite 600
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Ph: 308-633-6333
Fax: 308-633-6335
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WHY DOES NEBRASKA NEED RIGHT-TO-CARRY?
The facts speak for themselves:
- According to U.S. Department of Justice statistics, 85% of
violent crime in America occurs outside the home. The right of self-defense neither begins
nor ends at your front door, nor does it begin or end at a state border.
- States with right-to-carry laws have lower overall violent
crime rates than states without such laws. Total violent crime is 18% lower; homicide is
21% lower; robbery is 32% and aggravated assault is 11 % lower.
- According to John R. Lott, Jr., John M. Olin Visiting Law
and Economics Fellow at the University of Chicago "If those states which did not have
right-to-carry concealed gun provisions had adopted them in 1992, approximately 1,570
murders; 4,177 rapes; and over 60,000 aggravated assaults would have been avoided
yearly."
- "The evidence implies that concealed handguns are the
most cost-effective method of reducing crime that has been analyzed by economists; they
provide a higher return than increased law enforcement or incarceration, other private
security devices, or social programs like early education intervention." (More
Guns, Less Crime, University of Chicago Press, 1998)
- To find out how you can help Nebraska join the 31 other
states with right-to-carry laws, please call NRA-ILA's Grassroots Division at 1-800-392-8683
to become an NRA-ILA volunteer. You'll receive special alerts on the status of
right-to-carry legislation in the Unicameral, where your state senator stands on the issue
and what you can do to pass this life-saving legislation in your state.
Reprinted from the November/December, 1998 issue of the
American Rifleman, with permission from the
National Rifle Association
(NRA).
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