Alaska: 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 Alaska 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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Senate Candidates

A R ROBIN L TAYLOR PO Box 1441 Wrangell 99929 907-874-3139
A D GREG MIDDAG 643 Sunset Drive Ketchikan 99901 907-225-2290
C D TIM JUNE PO Box 672 Haines 99827 907-766-2028
C R ALAN AUSTERMAN PO Box 2368 Kodiak 99615 907-486-5930
E R JERRY WARD 2531 Laird Circle Anchorage 99516 907-345-6253
E D MIKE SZYMANSKI 2281 Innes Circle Anchorage 99515 907-345-5630
E G WILLIAM D BARTEE PO Box 112947 Anchorage 99511 907-345-5351
G G JED WHITTAKER PO Box 101493 Anchorage 99510 907-274-7022
G D HOLLIS FRENCH 3208 Woodland Pk Dr Anchorage 99517 907-243-0569
G R LOREN D LEMAN PO Box 190773 Anchorage 99519 907-277-8683
I R JOHN COWDERY PO Box 230251 Anchorage 99523 907-344-0950
I Rf DAVID GUZY PO Box 233427 Anchorage 99523 907-344-4577
I D SARAH SCANLAN 11775 Wilderness Dr Anchorage 99516 907-345-6793
K R TERRY MARTIN PO Box 102381 Anchorage 99510 907-333-6990
K D BETTYE DAVIS 2240 Foxhall Drive Anchorage 99504 907-337-2034
M G GREG GARCIA PO Box 672425 Chugiak 99567 907-688-1059
M R RICK HALFORD PO Box 190 Chugiak 99567 907-696-8500
M Rf DAWN M MENDIAS 19217 Beverly Ave Chugiak 99567 907-688-8080
M D JAMES SILVA 1540 Pioneer Pk Dr Wasilla 99654 907-373-4160
O R GARY WILKEN 2600 Riverview Dr Fairbanks 99709 907-474-0341
Q R GENE THERRIAULT PO Box 55326 North Pole 99705 907-488-1657
Q D NEAL MATSON PO Box 80888 Fairbanks 99708 907-458-0238
S D DONALD C OLSON PO Box 531 Nome 99762 907-443-5599

House Candidates

01 R WILLIAM WILLIAMS PO Box 6374 Ketchikan 99901 907-225-5246
02 R PEGGY WILSON PO Box 2211 Wrangell 99929 907-874-3020
02 D STAN FILLER PO Box 777 Sitka 99835 907-747-8815
03 D BETH KERTTULA 10601 Horizon Drive Juneau 99801 907-463-5440
03 R MIKE RACE 1669 Evergreen Avenue Juneau 99801 907-586-1660
04 R BILL HUDSON 3379 Meander Way Juneau 99801 907-789-7376
05 D ALBERT M KOOKESH PO Box 91 Angoon 99820 907-788-3615
05 R TERRANCE PARDEE PO Box 296 Haines 99827 907-466-2154
06 R GARY STEVENS PO Box 201 Kodiak 99615 907-486-4205
06 D GABRIELLE LeDOUX 219 Mill Bay Rd Kodiak 99615 907-486-4082
07 D AMY BOLLENBACH PO Box 3429 Homer 99603 907-235-6954
07 R DREW SCALZI 41685 Redoubt Circle Homer 99603 907-235-6359
08 D PETE SPRAGUE 188 Farnsworth Blvd Soldotna 99669 907-262-4073
08 R KEN LANCASTER PO Box 104 Soldotna 99669 907-262-4591
09 D HAROLD V SMALLEY PO Box 1996 Kenai 99611 907-283-7469
09 R CHARLES CHENAULT PO Box 8154 Nikiski 99635 907-776-8686
09 Rf JAMES R PRICE PO Box 7043 Nikiski 99635 907-776-3481
10 Rf CHUCK MAY 2811 Leeward Pl Anchorage 99516 907-345-4703
10 R JOSEPH P GREEN 13800 Venus Way Anchorage 99515 907-345-0978
11 D JOHN DALE 4704 Lake Spenard Dr Anchorage 99517 907-243-1116
11 R NORMAN ROKEBERG 6534 Lakeway Dr Anchorage 99502 907-243-1454
12 R ANDREW HALCRO 4735 W 80th Ave Anchorage 99502 907-248-9580
13 D ETHAN BERKOWITZ 1219 Inlet Pl Anchorage 99501 907-279-5659
13 R KAREN BRETZ PO Box 91457 Anchorage 99509 907-277-5847
13 G R D LEVNO PO Box 103599 Anchorage 99510 907-868-2662
14 R LISA A MURKOWSKI 700 Ash Place Anchorage 99501 907-277-8252
15 D ERIC CROFT PO Box 102159 Anchorage 99510 907-258-1693
15 R ADAM L PETERSEN PO Box 92754 Anchorage 99509 907-563-2136
16 R RANDY C SMITH 801 N Bragaw St Anchorage 99508 907-272-4672
16 D GRETCHEN GUESS 224 South Bunn Anchorage 99508 907-333-1279
17 R LESIL McGUIRE 3051 Lakeside Dr Anchorage 99515 907-349-1752
17 Rf RAY METCALFE PO Box 233809 Anchorage 99523 907-244-6048
18 R CON BUNDE 14541 Golden View Dr Anchorage 99516 907-345-1007
18 P PATRICIA ABNEY 5800 E 142nd Ave Anchorage 99516 907-345-1335
19 D PATTI HIGGINS 9140 Granite Pl Anchorage 99507 907-360-2561
19 R KEVIN MEYER 4020 Winchester Loop Anchorage 99507 907-344-9374
20 D CHARITY B KADOW 4691 Newcastle Way Anchorage 99503 907-563-6634
20 G F FRONTIER PO Box 90130 Anchorage 99509 907-278-4367
20 R BRIAN S PORTER 3430 Fordham Drive Anchorage 99508 907-277-8787
20 A THOMAS LAMB 310 W 33rd Ave #4 Anchorage 99503 907-562-9369
21 D SHARON M CISSNA PO Box 141892 Anchorage 99514 907-274-8663
21 R JEFF GONNASON 2211 E Nthrn Lights Anchorage 99508 907-276-2080
22 R RAMONA L BARNES PO Box 103382 Anchorage 99510 907-337-7737
22 D HARRY CRAWFORD 8320 ResurrectionDr Anchorage 99504 907-333-3659
23 D MARK HANDY PO Box 142035 Anchorage 99514 907-338-2462
23 R ELDON MULDER PO Box 140711 Anchorage 99514 907-337-0740
24 Rf KENNETH A TERRY 8001 E 16th Anchorage 99504 907-338-3743
24 R PETE KOTT 9843 Chichagof Loop Eagle River 99577 907-694-7943
25 R FRED J DYSON 12239 Lugene Lane Eagle River 99577 907-694-3744
25 P BILL KUHLMANN PO Box 770891 Eagle River 99577 907-694-2426
26 R VIC KOHRING PO Box 870515 Wasilla 99687 907-373-7600
27 D HOWARD BESS PO Box 2888 Palmer 99645 907-746-1089
27 A LAWRENCE D WOOD HC4 Box 9311 Palmer 99645 907-746-4981
27 R SCOTT OGAN PO Box 1178 Palmer 99645 907-745-3300
28 R BEVERLY L MASEK HC 89 Box 251 Willow 99688 907-495-6820
28 A ART A KOHANES HC34 Box 2203 Wasilla 99654 907-892-6386
29 D JOHN DAVIES PO Box 81781 Fairbanks 99708 907-474-4927
29 R EILEEN VAN WYHE 1022 Chena Pump Rd Fairbanks 99709 907-479-6528
30 D JOE L HAYES PO Box 70115 Fairbanks 99707 907-479-5071
31 D PERCY HERBERT PO Box 75318 Fairbanks 99701 907-452-1084
31 R JIM N WHITAKER 302 C Street Fairbanks 99701 907-456-6513
32 D JANE G HAIGH 280 E Birch Hill Road Fairbanks 99712 907-457-7834
32 R JOHN B COGHILL, JR PO Box 58003 Fairbanks 99711 907-488-7886
33 D CARL S BENSON 1551 Farmers Loop Fairbanks 99709 907-479-6912
33 R HUGH B FATE PO Box 71111 Fairbanks 99707 907-457-6860
34 R JEANNETTE A JAMES 3068 Badger Rd North Pole 99705 907-488-9339
35 R JOHN L HARRIS PO Box 1245 Valdez 99686 907-835-4533
35 D DOROTHY M MOORE 346 Nabesna St Valdez 99686 907-835-4245
36 D IRENE K NICHOLIA PO Box 248 Tanana 99777 907-366-7236
36 R CARL MORGAN, JR PO Box 243 Aniak 99752 907-675-4413
37 D REGGIE JOULE PO Box 673 Kotzebue 99752 907-442-3452
38 D RICHARD FOSTER PO Box 1030 Nome 99762 907-443-2797
39 D MARY S KAPSNER PO Box 1129 Bethel 99559 907-543-5751
40 D CARL E MOSES PO Box 730 Unalaska 99685 907-581-1230
 
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