SB1441 (the preemption bill) will be debated on the Senate floor Monday. Please contact your Senator and urge them to vote for this bill.

Idaho Shooting Sports Alliance has drafted a much needed range protection bill that has been introduced in the House. More details on that as they become available.

Update: See the text of the preemption bill and follow it's progress here. The Idaho Statesman has an article here.

Idaho Preemption Bill Needs Your Help Now!

Monday, February 25, 2008

Please Attend the Wednesday, February 27 Hearing or Contact the Senate State Affairs Committee Today! Legislation that will vastly improve Idaho’s preemption statutes has been re-introduced under a new bill number: Senate Bill 1441. SB1441 has been scheduled by the Senate State Affairs Committee for a hearing on Wednesday, February 27 at 8:00 a.m. on the second floor of the temporary capitol building (directly across the street to the East from the original building).   SB1441 will make numerous improvements to Idaho’s preemption statutes by preventing municipalities from enacting local ordinances regulating firearms and ammunition. Under current preemption statutes, uniform firearm regulations only exist within the realm of ownership, possession, and transportation.  SB1381 will codify into law that no county, city, or local government body can regulate the sale, acquisition, transfer, carry, and storage of firearms, adding them to the existing points of preemption.  The bill will also make clear that ammunition and firearm components are only to be regulated by the State of Idaho, not by local entities. Uniform laws regulating firearms and ammunition are necessary to protect the constitutional rights of Idaho’s law-abiding gun owners and to prevent anti-gun municipalities from passing their own laws, which may conflict with state law.   Please attend the hearing or contact the members of the Senate State Affairs Committee today by phone at (208) 332-1000 or toll-free at (800) 626-0471 and respectfully urge them to support SB1381.  Also, please let these Senators know that you are an NRA member and that SB1441 is of the highest priority to you. State Senator Curt McKenzie (R-12), Chairman cmckenzie@senate.idaho.gov State Senator Michael Jorgenson (R-3), Vice Chairman mnjorgenson@senate.idaho.gov State Senator Denton Darrington (R-27) ddarrington@senate.idaho.gov State Senator Bart M. Davis (R-33) bmdavis@senate.idaho.gov State Senator Robert L. Geddes (R-31) rlgeddes@senate.idaho.gov State Senator Kate Kelly (D-18) kkelly@senate.idaho.gov State Senator Brad Little (R-11) blittle@senate.idaho.gov State Senator Joe Stegner (R-7) jstegner@senate.idaho.gov State Senator Clint Stennett (D-25) stennett@senate.idaho.gov

From the University of Idaho:

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From: asui@uidaho.edu
To: students-list@uidaho.edu
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:24:23 -0800
Subject: Senate Bill 1381 Allowing students with concealed weapons permits to campus

Dear Vandal,

In case you have not heard, the Idaho State Senate is considering Senate
Bill 1381.  If this bill passes, it will allow individuals with concealed
weapons permits to carry their firearms on campus after notifying proper
university authorities.  Because this bill has the potential to affect every
student at the university the ASUI has decided to put together a discussion
panel where students can learn more, ask questions, and state their stance
on this piece of legislation.  This is a great opportunity to engage in the
political process.  After the panel, you will have an opportunity to write
letters to state legislators supporting or opposing SB 1381.

Here is a link to the actual bill text:
http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1381.html

What: Senate Bill 1381 Allowing students with concealed weapons permits to
carry firearms on campus
Where: Renfrew Hall Room 111
When: Wed. Feb 13th, 2008 from 4:00-5:30 PM

 

 

ASUI and the ASUI Center for Volunteerism and Social Action

Please attend if you can. Dress appropriately and be civil.

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

On Monday the City Council in Moscow decided not to take up Mayor Chaney's resolutionl to ask the legislature for the authority to ban guns on city property. http://www.klewtv.com/news/12607756.html 

 

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