Idaho: Gun Rights Restoration Bill Pending in Committee!

Please Contact Members of the House State Affairs Committee!  

House Bill 631 has a hearing tomorrow in the House State Affairs Committee and needs your support.  HB 631 is designed to create an Idaho state law that meets the requirements set in the Federal NICS Improvement Act of 2007 to grant relief from mental health disabilities that prevent firearms ownership.  State Representative Raul Labrador (R-14) has recognized the need for this relief and has taken on the tremendous task of sponsoring this highly important yet complex legislative issue.

People who have been placed under certain types of mental health orders are banned by Federal law from possessing firearms.  HB 631’s language is essential to providing the return of an enumerated constitutional right to someone who, under review, has been declared fit to possess a firearm.  It benefits both citizens and state, and fully complies with the guidelines set forth by the Federal government.

The Federal NICS Improvement Act of 2007 (NIAA) set clear minimum standards for states to craft their laws to provide relief.  House Bill 631 would implement the criteria set in the 2007 NIAA and grant the Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification authority to transmit information concerning disqualified persons to the federal databases.

Please contact the members of the House State Affairs Committee TODAY and respectfully urge them to support the important restoration of rights legislation.  Contact information can be found below.

State Representative  Thomas  Loertscher (R-31B) - Chair   
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Phone - (208) 332-1183

State Representative  Eric  Anderson (R-1A) - Vice Chair   
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Phone - (208) 332-1190

State Representative  John  Stevenson (R-26A)  
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Phone - (208) 332-1174

State Representative  Max  Black (R-15B) 
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Phone - (208) 332-1176

State Representative  Ken  Andrus (R-29A)   
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Phone - (208) 332-1046

State Representative  Carlos  Bilbao (R-11B)  
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Phone - (208) 332-1052

State Representative  Raúl  Labrador (R-14B)  
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Phone - (208) 332-1057

State Representative  Lynn  Luker (R-15A)  
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Phone - (208) 332-1039

State Representative  Brent  Crane (R-13A)  
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Phone - (208) 332-1058

State Representative  Russ  Mathews (R-33B)   
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Phone - (208) 332-1073

State Representative  Steve  Kren (R-13B)  
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Phone - (208) 332-1044

State Representative  Joe  Palmer (R-20A)  
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Phone - (208) 332-1062

State Representative  Erik  Simpson (R-32B)  
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Phone - (208) 332-1056

State Representative  Mary Lou  Shepherd (D-2A)   
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Phone - (208) 332-1033

State Representative  Elaine  Smith (D-30B)   
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Phone - (208) 332-1031

State Representative  Anne  Pasley-Stuart (D-19A)   
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Phone - (208) 332-1078

State Representative  Phylis  King (D-18B)   
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Phone - (208) 332-1080

State Representative  Elfreda  Higgins (D-16B)   
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Phone - (208) 332-1075