Idaho: Force politicians to Take A stand

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2000 Candidate Contact Drive

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

September 30, 2000


Dear Idaho gun rights supporter:

The future of your right to keep and bear arms is in your hands.

Enclosed is a contact roster for the candidates running for election
to the state legislature, and possibly other state offices, in your
state. Please take a little time to contact your candidates using
the provided pre-written message.

Now is the time to get them to answer the Gun Owners of America 2000
State Candidate Survey program.

GOA sends surveys to candidates running in the General Election on
November 7, 2000. Right now these candidates are seeking your
support, but in many cases they won't answer specific questions
about specific issues.

Many politicians still believe it is good politics to stand with
Sarah Brady, Bill Clinton and Al Gore in opposition to your 2nd
Amendment rights. Let these anti-gun politicians know they should
apologize for doing so and stand up 100% for your gun rights.

Remind them that protecting your gun rights is both good policy and
good politics. The best time to do this is while they are listening
to their constituents and seeking support.

Of course, most compromisers and anti-gun politicians seek to hide
their "spots."

Here are some things to consider:

* Some have answered the survey with mixed results by taking some
anti-gun stands on specific proposals. Others have answered
100% pro-gun.

* Some have outright refused to answer because they're hostile to
your gun rights.

* Some are just ignoring your gun rights by not responding to the
GOA survey.

* Some are incumbents who answer pro-gun but try to downplay past
anti-gun votes.

But right now your direct contact is the kind of grassroots "heat"
that will force many fence-sitter candidates to "see the light" and
answer or "fix" bad answers.

You see, even now President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and
anti-gun advocates in the media are working to seize the power to
control, and eliminate, your gun rights.

They are actively lobbying your candidates to support their agenda.

The anti-gunners plan to stop or reverse concealed carry reform.
Others are scheming to take the Brady "instant check" registration
system of all firearms to the next step -- toward gun rationing and
full-blown registration: serial numbers, licensing, and mandatory
bureaucratic training with yearly taxes and fees. Then they'll go
for confiscation.

However, when you put the heat on politicians they see the light.
That's where the Gun Owners of America State Candidate Survey
program comes into play.

The biggest problem for many gun owners is getting a straight answer
out of the politicians on where they stand and how they plan to
vote. Experience shows time and again that in an election year,
politicians listen more carefully to their constituents.

That's why it is so important you contact your candidates and insist
they answer the GOA candidate survey.

Here's what I need you to do:

1. Look up your candidates on the roster below-- especially
Senate and House. It will have contact information.

2. Next, use the pre-written message to aid in contacting them.


Note: If you don't know your district(s), you can look them up at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm in the GOA Legislative Action
Center. Simply click on Guide to States, and enter your zipcode as
directed. (Also, the Election 2000 section contains additional
information about candidates, such as websites, fax numbers, and
sometimes e-mail addresses.)

If your candidate(s) says he has answered 100% for your rights --
great! Soon GOA will be sending you the actual results with the
answers of the candidates for your inspection. (In case you are
wondering, the NRA has an official policy that its candidate surveys
are not to be shown to their members.)

Please act right away. Time is short, and your candidates are
forming the details of their positions on gun control as the media,
anti-gun activists and party "hacks" lobby them to sell out your gun
rights for campaign contributions and sympathetic news stories.

Sincerely,

Dennis Fusaro
Director of State Legislation

State-level survey questions:

1. Do you oppose "one-gun-a-month" laws that limit purchases of
firearms by law-abiding citizens?

2. Should state law continue to prohibit localities from placing
limitations on the rights of citizens to purchase, possess, or carry
firearms?

3. Would you oppose legislation mandating no-safety zones designed
to ban open or concealed carry for self-defense and forcing honest
citizens to be disarmed?

4. Would you oppose legislation that would require that firearms
purchased by private citizens be registered with law enforcement and
tracked by a centralized record system administered by government
agencies?

5. Do you oppose legislation banning the manufacture, sale or
possession of semi-automatic firearms?

6. Do you oppose legislation banning the manufacture, sale or
possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines?

7. Do you oppose laws that would take away the rights of 18-20
year-olds to possess a firearm?

8. Do you oppose laws that allow persons who are shot by a
properly-working firearm to sue firearms manufacturers and/or
firearms sellers (strict liability)?

9. Do you oppose laws that would ban the sale of a privately owned
firearm at a gun show unless it is reported and registered with
government bureaucrats?

10. Do you oppose government licensing to buy a gun?

11. Do you oppose computerized "instant" background check
legislation since it centrally registers gun sales and gun owners?

12. Would you oppose government mandated use of trigger locks or
other such hazardous "safety" devices which have the effect of
making it difficult, if not impossible, to have a gun available to
defend your home and family?

13. Would you oppose legislation that bans firearms ownership due
to simple misdemeanors, and therefore unfairly targets and
victimizes legal gun owners?

14. Would you support Vermont-style legislation, which would
eliminate all requirements to pay fees and register gun owners and
simply allow law-abiding citizens to carry firearms openly or
concealed (at the individual's discretion) for any reason except
for the commission of a crime?


----- Pre-written message -----

Dear ______________:

Recently Gun Owners of America (GOA) sent you a candidate
questionnaire.

I am very interested in where you stand on my gun rights. The
results, including those who refuse to respond, will be reported to
me in the weeks ahead before the November election. Please fill
out, sign and return your GOA candidate questionnaire right away.
If you need another one, e-mail goamail@gunowners.org or call GOA
at 703-321-8585.

I will be watching to see where candidates like you stand. Those
seeking my support must stand publicly for my gun rights in general
and on specific issues -- as contained in the GOA Survey -- in
particular. I expect all candidates to stand 100% for the right to
keep and bear arms. Do you?

Sincerely,

_______________

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House Candidates

Ha01 D Steve Klatt PO Box 345 Sandpoint 83864
Ha01 R John Campbell 1509 Cedar Street Sandpoint 83864 208-263-4774
Ha02 D Kristy Johnson 312 Coho Road Post Falls 83854
Ha02 R Hilde Kellogg 519 East 17th Street Post Falls 83854
Ha03 R James Clark 8665 N ClarkviewPl Hayden Lake 83835 208-772-5992
Ha04 C Chuck Reitz 130 Fave St Mullan 83846 208-744-1768
Ha04 D Mary Lou Shepherd 273 Crescent Dr Wallace 83873 208-682-4771
Ha04 R Ken Schueman PO Box 808 Kellogg 83837 208-784-9030
Ha05 D Don Coombs 861 Harold St Moscow 83843
Ha05 R Tom Trail 1375 Mountain View Rd Moscow 83843
Ha06 R Frank Bruneel 3207 4th Street Lewiston 83501
Ha07 D Charles Cuddy 12640 Hartford Ave Orofino 83544 208-476-4643
Ha08 D Jerald Lockhart 13923 Lang Court McCall 83638
Ha08 R Ken Roberts 12765 Hwy 55 Donnelly 83615
Ha09 R Lawerence Denney 2227 Denney Rd Midvale 83645
Ha10 R Beverly Montgomery 2301 Idaho Caldwell 83605
Ha11 R Robert Schaefer 1202 E Karcher Road Nampa 83687 208-466-3636
Ha12 R Dolores Crow 203 11th Ave So Ext Nampa 83686 208-467-1302
Ha13 R Debbie Field 3236 Chickory Way Boise 83706
Ha14 D Janis Foote POB 575 Eagle 83616 208-853-4219
Ha14 N Glida Bothwell 4845 n Curlew Place Eagle 83616
Ha14 R Mike Moyle 480 no Plummer Star 83669
Ha15 D Lee Carey 4255 n Linda Vista Ln Boise 83704 208-658-5877
Ha15 R Steve Smylie 2220 n Coolwater Ave Boise 83713
Ha16 D Margaret Henbest 6441 Plantation Lane Boise 83703
Ha16 R Harold Orien 4416 Quail Ridge Drive Boise 83703 208-344-7449
Ha17 D LaFawn Hamm 5292 Rockney Boise 83705
Ha17 L David Langley 1927 S Atlantic Boise 83705 208-343-7794
Ha17 R David Callister 7011 Holiday Dr Boise 83709
Ha18 D Steven Mcneel 899 Swan Falls Rd Kuna 83634
Ha18 L David Knight 10157 Harvester Dr Boise 83709 208-375-6415
Ha18 R William T Sali 175 Linke Ct Kuna 83634 208-922-5377
Ha19 D David Bieter 804 East State Boise 83712
Ha19 L Brooke Wilmoth 1311 W Washington #3 Boise 83702 208-336-5557
Ha19 R Jerel Thomas 127 Village Lane Boise 83702 208-368-0201
Ha20 D Mary Richards Route 1, Box 1311 Homedale 83628
Ha20 R Frances Field HC-85 Box 221 Grand View 83624
Ha21 D Wendy Jaquet Box 783 Ketchum 83340
Ha22 L Jonhan Stump 2037F E 3500 n Filer 83328 208-326-3193
Ha22 R Celia Gould 4406 n 1400 E Buhl 83316
Ha23 R Leon Smith 671 Monte Vista Drive Twin Falls 83301
Ha24 D Peter Snyder 725 West Ave D Jerome 83338
Ha24 R John Stevenson 1099 N 400 W Rupert 83350 208-532-4524
Ha25 R Jim Kempton 1158E 1000 S Albion 83318
Ha26 R JoAn Wood 3778 East 500 n Rigby 83442
Ha27 D Lee Terry 584 Maple Drive Rexburg 83440
Ha27 R Todd Hammond 985 Hillview Dr Rexburg 83440
Ha28 R Max Mortensen 120 north 7th East St Anthony 83445
Ha29 R Jack Barraclough 3018 Westmoreland Cir Idaho Falls 83402
Ha30 R Lee Gagner 2555 Fieldstream Lane Idaho Falls 83404
Ha31 R Dennis Lake 830 Taber Rd Blackfoot 83221
Ha32 R Larry Bradford 3208 E Cub River Franklin 83237
Ha33 D Bert Marley 8806 South Old Hwy 91 McCammon 83250
Ha34 D Donna Boe 226 South 16th Pocatello 83201
Ha34 R Tari Jensen 8294 West Buckskin Pocatello 83201
Ha35 D Charles Woodworth 455 Sunbeam Road American Falls 83211
Ha35 R Steve Hadley 4877 Freedom Chubbuck 83202
Hb01 D Jerry Stoicheff 615 Lakeview Sandpoint 83864
Hb01 R George Eskridge PO Box 112 Dover 83825 208-265-0123
Hb02 R Wayne Meyer E 100 Lancaster Rathdrum 83858 208-687-0420
Hb03 D JoAnn Harvey 6015 Mt Carrol Coeur d'Alene 83815
Hb03 R Kris Ellis 5000 n Ezy St Coeur d'Alene 83815 208-667-7884
Hb04 R Don Pischner PO Box 7 Coeur d'Alene 83816
Hb04 Rf Richard Masker PO Box 7 Coeur d'Alene 83816
Hb05 D Shirley Ringo 2461 Herrington Rd Moscow 83843
Hb05 R Gary Young 1038 West C Street Moscow 83843 208-882-7473
Hb06 D Gayle McGarry 2428 13th Ave Lewiston 83501
Hb06 R Dan Mader Rt 2, Box 57 Genesee 83832 208-285-0135
Hb07 D June Judd 2105 W College Ave Saint Maries 83861
Hb07 L Andy Jolliff 785 Willow Lane Fernwood 83830 208-245-2456
Hb07 R RJ Harwood Rt4 Bx55 Canyoncreek St Maries 83861 208-245-4446
Hb08 R Twila Hornbeck 808 Lake Grangeville 83530
Hb09 D Terry Haun 2292 Tanglewood Ln Emmett 83617 208-365-6581
Hb09 R Monty Pearce 2001 CountyLn Rd New Plymouth 83655 208-278-5408
Hb10 R Darrell Bolz 3412 College Avenue Caldwell 83605 208-454-1334
Hb11 R Gary Collins 2019 East Massachusetts Nampa 83686 208-466-5460
Hb11 D BennY Antunes 91 N Taylor Nampa 83687
Hb12 R WW Bill Deal 1400 West Roosevelt Nampa 83686
Hb13 D George Klein 284 W Carter Boise 83706 208-343-5216
Hb13 R Julie Ellsworth 2078 Pebblecreek Lane Boise 83706
Hb14 D Jim Corey 3660 Woodmont Dr Meridian 83642
Hb14 R Shirley McKague 933 E Pine Meridian 83642 208-888-2842
Hb15 D Kathy Waddell 10124 Clarkson Place Boise 83704
Hb15 L Marvin Gardner 10427 Cory St Boise 83704
Hb15 R Max Black 3731 Buckingham Drive Boise 83704
Hb16 D David Sneddon 6924 Petrie St Boise 83704 208-375-2450
Hb16 R Horace Pomeroy 6822 Kingsdale Drive Boise 83704 208-377-1293
Hb17 R Ruby Stone 6604 Holiday Drive Boise 83709
Hb18 D James Gooden 11825 W Amity Rd Boise 83709
Hb18 R Fred Tilman 11457 Alejandro Boise 83709
Hb19 D Ken Robison 1119 N 12th Boise 83702
Hb19 N Sherry Dunbar 1501 n 11th St Boise 83702
Hb19 RF Ralph Fair 592 S 14th St Boise 83702 208-336-4624
Hb20 R Sher Sellman 1520 E 8th N Mountain Home 83647
Hb21 D Richard Andreasen Box 146 Shoshone 83352
Hb21 R Tim Ridinger POB 110 Shoshone 83352
Hb22 R Douglas Jones 3515 n 2300 E Filer 83328
Hb23 C Chuck Chapman 249 Adams Twin Falls 83301 208-734-1447
Hb23 R George Swan 742 CARRIAGE Ln Twin Falls 83301
Hb24 D Monie Smith 559 East 300 South Jerome 83338
Hb24 R Maxine Bell 194 South 300 East Jerome 83338
Hb25 R Bruce newcomb Box 727 Burley 83318
Hb26 D Kathy Richmond HC 67, Box 680 Clayton 83227
Hb26 R Lenore Barrett PO Box 347 Challis 83226
Hb27 D Art Hubscher 517 West Main Rexburg 83440 208-356-3823
Hb27 R Dell Raybould 3215 north 2000 West Rexburg 83440
Hb28 R Cameron Wheeler PO Box 335 Ririe 83443
Hb29 R Kent Higgins 1257 Cameron Idaho Falls 83402
Hb30 D Clair Ashton-Heckathorn 3509 nhan Place Idaho Falls 83404
Hb30 R Tom Loertscher 1357 Bone Road Iona 83427 208-522-3072
Hb31 R Thomas Moss 275 So 900 W Blackfoot 83221
Hb32 R Eulalie Langford 333 N 2nd St Montpelier 83254 208-847-1732
Hb33 D Roger Chase 4985 Clearview Pocatello 83204
Hb33 R Dan Rainey 419 North Garfield #1 Pocatello 83204
Hb34 N Ann Vegors 59 Drake Ave Pocatello 83201
Hb34 R Kent Kunz 128 Fairway Circle Pocatello 83201 208-237-0900
Hb35 D Louise Dixey Route 3, Box 290-B, Diggie Rd Blackfoot 83221
Hb35 R Wayne Kendell 2652 W 1200 S Aberdeen 83210


Senate Candidates

01 D Steve Johnson 1497 Beers-Humbird Rd Sagle 83860
01 L Frank Reichert HC1 Box 338-D Naples 83847
01 R Shawn Keough PO Box 101 Sandpoint 83864 208-263-1839
02 C nelson Campbell 2144 Poirier Rd Blanchard 83804 208-437-0905
02 I Don Hesselgesser N 625 Huetter Rd Coeur d'Alene 83815
02 R Clyde Boatright N 17520 Wrangler Rd Rathdrum 83858 208-687-0591
03 C Jim Gleixner 5595 Anne St Coeur d'Alene 83815
03 R John Goedde 3859 Jonquil Ct Coeur d'Alene 83815
04 R Jack Riggs 801 S 11th Coeur d'Alene 83814
05 RF Tim Lohrmann 1453 Alpowa Moscow 83843
05 R Gary Schroeder 1289 Highland Moscow 83843
06 R Joe Stegner 216 Prospect Blvd Lewiston 83501
07 D Vern Driver 2989 Rudo Road Orofino 83544 208-476-4023
07 R R Skipper Brandt PO Box 100 Stites 83552 208-926-0150
08 R Judith Danielson POB 528 Council 83612
09 R Ric Branch 3770 Morth Crane Rd Midvale 83645
10 R Darrel Deide 603 Walnut Caldwell 83605
11 D Dale Wheeler 3120 Wilson Lane nampa 83686 208-467-1572
11 R Patti Anne Lodge 18500 Symms Road Caldwell 83607 208-459-7158
12 RF Earl Day 1155 Sweetwood Circle Nampa 83651
12 R JL Thorne 331 Winther Blvd Nampa 83651
13 R Sheila Sorensen 1229 E Brightwater Lane Boise 83706
14 C Phil Hurley 318 E Idaho Meridian 83642 208-887-7642
14 D Shirley Mae Perkins 1356 E Hogan Eagle 83616
14 N Donna Nelson 12325 W Lanktree Gulch Rd Star 83669
14 R Hal Bunderson 582 River Heights Drive Meridian 83642
15 D Ward Hower 3277 N Dove Pl Boise 83704
15 L Bill Anderson 10100 King Arthur Drive Boise 83704
15 R John Andreason 5120 Mountain View Dr Boise 83704 208-322-8558
16 D John Barringer 6016 Pierce Park Lane Boise 83703
16 RF Isabell Yale 5832 Cobbler Ln Boise 83703
16 R Cecil Ingram 7025 El Caballo Drive Boise 83704 208-375-8876
17 D Linda Emery 520 Scott Street Boise 83705
17 L David Slack 460 Whitecloud Drive Boise 83709
17 R Grant Ipsen 1010 Houston Road Boise 83706 208-342-4470
18 L Daniel Adams PO Box 3014 Boise 83703
18 R Jim Risch 5400 S Cole Rd Boise 83709 208-345-9974
19 D Betsy Dunklin 1519 E Holly Boise 83712
19 R Lucas Meyer Morrison Hall, 1515 Campus Ln Boise 83706
20 R Robbi King-Barrutia PO Box 28 Glenns Ferry 83623 208-366-7715
21 D Clint Stennett 220 Sabaia Ketchum 83340
22 D Carole Stennett 1389 East 4400 north Buhl 83316
22 R John Sandy 3104 S 1200 E Hagerman 83332
23 R Laird noh 3442 Addison Ave East Kimberly 83341
24 R Dean Cameron 1101 Ruby Drive Rupert 83350
25 R Denton Darrington 302 South Highway 77 Declo 83323 208-654-2712
26 R Don Burtenshaw 1603 N 1000 E Terreton 83450
27 D Laurene Woolf 50 North 5th West Rexburg 83440
27 R Robert Lee 1330 Barney Dairy Road Rexburg 83440
28 R Stan Hawkins 3675 E 113th north Idaho Falls 83454
29 I Kenneth Walton 1042 Cassia Avenue Idaho Falls 83402
29 R Bart Davis 696 S Bellin Road Idaho Falls 83402
30 R Melvin Richardson 3725 Brookfield Lane Idaho Falls 83406
31 R J Stanley Williams 1286 West 200 South Pingree 83262
32 R Robert Geddes 370 Mtn View Ave Soda Springs 83276 208-547-2423
33 D Lin Whitworth 1685 N Indian Creek Road Inkom 83245 208-775-3773
33 R Kenneth Allan 124 Plateau Drive Pocatello 83204 208-233-6239
34 R Evan Frasure 2950 Trevor Pocatello 83201 208-238-8800
34 I Mark Packer 132 Stanford Pocatello 83201
35 R Moon Wheeler 659 Gifford Ave American Falls 83211 208-226-2409