 Creationist Kent Hovind sold the book online through his website.The "Citizens Rule Book" had a significant role in the 1997 Idaho trials of three Christian Identity militants and members of the Idaho Militia, who identified themselves as "Phinehas Priests".The three - Charles Barbee, Robert Berry and Verne Jay Merrell - were charged with bombing a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic and the Spokane Valley office of "The Spokesman-Review", and with twice robbing a U.S. Bank branch (April 1 and July 12, 1996).