Des Moines City Mayor Frank Cownie, along with other members on the city council, have declared war on law abiding gun owners! In fact, the council is meeting THIS COMING Monday to decide on a pair of new city ordinances that would restrict your gun rights! That’s why I hope you’ll take action once you finish this email — making sure the council members know that you are opposed to
The 2019 legislative session had its ups and downs. We stopped ‘Red Flag Gun Seizure’ legislation and every other gun-control bill, but weak-kneed Republican moderates killed Constitutional Carry and every other pro-gun bill! In our annual newsletter, we talk about this and everything else that happened during the 2019 legislative session. So for all the latest on politics, leadership changes at Iowa Gun Owners, and the latest gun winners, check
Happy Independence Day from the board of directors of Iowa Gun Owners! On this day, 243 years ago, our nation adopted its Declaration of Independence, telling England that we were done being their puppet and would be our own sovereign nation. During the run-up to the 4th of July, private individuals and loose affiliations of people began to purchase and store weapons fearing all-out war with England. Hearing that everyday
The Iowa legislature has adjourned for the year. And while lawmakers are slapping themselves on the back for ‘what a great year it was,’ the truth is that gun owners were betrayed this year in Des Moines. While gun owners stopped a lot of bad bills, power hungry lawmakers stopped all of the good ones, too. Watch our 2019 legislative session video recap here! As you just heard, Republican leaders
With the 2019 legislative session nearing the end, I have to tell you, I’m more nervous than ever that we may see a last minute move on ‘Red Flag Gun Seizure’ legislation in Des Moines. As you’ll see below, Iowa’s House and Senate leaders have totally buckled under the pressure from both radical anti-gun activists and moderates in their own caucuses all session –- and anti-gunners are sensing an opportunity.
If you listen hard enough, you can hear Michael Bloomberg laughing from his NYC war-room all the way out here in Iowa. That’s because the US Senate Judiciary Committee just gave Bloomberg and Dianne Feinstein exactly what they wanted -– a public hearing on S.7, the ‘Red Flag Gun Seizure’ legislation that we have been warning you about! The truth is, the fight over ‘Red Flag Gun Seizure’ legislation is
Outrageous! Back-stabbers! Liars! These are just some of the words that gun owners have been using to describe the Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee after they announced they killed Constitutional Carry this year in their committee — and lashed out at Iowa Gun Owners in the process! I have to tell you, it’s hard to disagree with this sentiment when you consider what gun owners have done here in Iowa in
In the wake of the hearing on ‘Red Flag Gun Seizures’ a few days ago in the US Senate Judiciary Committee, gun owners across the state have been calling us in disbelief. That’s because not a single US Senator stood up in opposition to this legislation and fought for gun owners or the Second Amendment. Not a single one! More, all of the witnesses testified in favor of the bill.
With the hearing on ‘Red Flag Gun Seizure’ legislation just days away from kicking off in Washington, D.C., gun owners across the country are furious! Afterall, this hearing is not taking place in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives at the direction of Nancy Pelosi. Instead, the Republican-controlled Senate is conducting these hearings, meaning that we are being betrayed by our ‘friends.’ But it gets much worse than that. To find
We’ve just released our new ad entitled: “Stop Red Flag Gun Seizures!” The ad encourages Second Amendment supporters to contact Iowa Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst insisting they oppose “Red Flag Gun Seizures” (Senate Bill 7) when the bill comes before them on the Judiciary Committee next week! Please click here or below to watch the ad and chip in whatever you can afford to keep it running across
