Fellow shooters,
I am writing to you about an important firearms related bill that is currently pending in the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee. You will probably be getting an alert from NRA/ILA about this bill in the next few days but I wanted to contact you directly to ask for your support in helping to get this legislation passed.
You may have seen reports in the news about cities and other government entities in Idaho trying to put restrictions on concealed carry. Senate Bill 1381 would clarify that only the state legislature has the authority to regulate firearms in the state. Not the cities, not the counties, not any state agency or commission. The legislature has enacted sensible firearms laws and we do not need any local government authority adding to them or restricting where or what you can own or carry. Please take a minute to read the bill: http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1381.html
This bill is especially important to our sport shooting community because it protects the discharge of firearms on a shooting range from regulation by local authorities.
If you live in one of the Senate districts represented on the State Affairs Committee, please contact your State Senator and ask them to support this bill. There are some Senators who may be trying to get some "cover" for voting against this bill by saying that it would discourage shooting range development. I wrote this bill and I can assure you that nothing could be further from the truth! I encourage you to take a look at the language of the bill and see for yourself what it would do to protect our firearms' freedoms in Idaho. When you contact your State Senator please mention that you are a competition shooter so that they know that they can't hide behind "pro-gun" rhetoric while casting a vote against your rights!
At the bottom of this message I am including a list of the members of the State Affairs Committee with contact information. If your Senator is on this committee please contact them and express your support for the bill ASAP. Senator McKenzie, the chair of this committee, is one of the sponsors of this bill but he needs your help to get it passed.
It is especially important that people in Sen. Little's (Emmett) and Sen. Stegner's (Lewiston) districts contact them and let them know that you expect them to support this bill.
I can promise that I will keep you updated about this as the session goes forward until the bill has been passed and signed by the governor. I don't like being hassled by political action messages any more than you do but THIS IS IMPORTANT!
Please pass this on to all the Idaho shooters that you know so that they can let the legislature know that they want local governments to keep their hands off our firearms' freedoms!
Please contact me if you have any questions.
DVC,
Mike Brown, CRO
Executive Director, Idaho Sport Shooters Alliance
http://www.idahossa.org/
State Affairs Committee
Senator Curt McKenzie - Chair, Republican
District 12, Boise
Augustine and McKenzie Law Offices, PLLC, 1004 W Fort St, Boise, 83702
Home (208) 468-1027
Bus (208)367-9400
FAX (208) 947-0014
Attorney
Senator Michael Jorgenson - Vice Chair, Republican
District 3, Hayden Lake
2953 Point Hayden Dr, Hayden Lake, 83835
Home (208) 762-5514
Bus (208) 762-7784
FAX (208) 762-1485
Consultant
Senator Denton Darrington, Republican
District 27, Declo
302 S. Hwy. 77, Declo, 83323
Home (208) 654-2712
Farmer/Teacher
Senator Robert L. Geddes, Republican
District 31, Soda Springs
370 Mountain View Ave., Soda Springs, 83276
Home (208) 547-2423
FAX (208) 334-2320
Environmental Engineer
Senator Bart M. Davis, Republican
District 33, Idaho Falls
2638 S Bellin Circle, Idaho Falls, 83402
Home (208) 529-4993
Bus (208) 522-8100
FAX (208) 522-1334
Attorney
Senator Joe Stegner, Republican
District 7, Lewiston
216 Prospect Blvd., Lewiston, 83501
Home (208) 743-3032
FAX (208) 743-3032
Retired Grain Dealer
Senator Brad Little, Republican
District 11, Emmett
P.O. Box 488, Emmett, 83617-0488
Home (208) 365-6566
Bus (208) 365-4611
FAX (208) 365-4615
Rancher
Senator Clint Stennett, Democrat
District 25, Ketchum
P.O. Box 475, Ketchum, 83340
Home (208) 726-8106
Bus (208) 726-0738
FAX (208) 726-8106
Entrepreneur
Senator Kate Kelly, Democrat
District 18, Boise
PO Box 654, Boise, 83701
Home (208) 850-7217
Attorney