Earlier in the year, we watched the members of the Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies Association (ISSDA) come to Des Moines and begin to do what they do best: lobby against your gun rights. Using the intimidation power of their office, these elite anti-gun lobbyists are effective at stalling and killing pro-gun legislation – because they get to use YOUR tax money to accomplish their agenda. As we documented in
Early next week in the Iowa Senate, there will likely be a vote on allowing all school employees to carry concealed weapons on school property. Iowa Gun Owners supports this legislation, a variation of the legislation that Senator Sorenson sponsored for us earlier this year in the Senate. While not mandating that school employees be armed, this legislation would allow any employee who wants to carry a gun for self-defense
As we reported last week, the anti-gunners are going all out right here in Iowa. Their target: US Senator Chuck Grassley. By now, many of you have seen the TV ads and internet ads launched by these out of state anti-gun lobbies. Their goal is clear, they want Senator Grassley’s vote on universal gun registration. It’s very simple – they want the Obama Administration to have a list of every
As I type this, the US Senate Judiciary Committee is about to meet to discuss a whole host of radical, anti-gun proposals put together by President Obama and his staff. Everything is on the table today. Everything. Before we alert you to the details of the bill, you need to understand the political backdrop we are facing. The anti-gun forces in Washington know that they need some bi-partisan support for
While the snow in Des Moines may have sent the General Assembly home early this week – they did not go home without dropping the most dangerous bill of this legislative session into play. The gun-grabbers in Iowa have been hearing from you, loud and clear. They know that you are watching their every move when it comes to the ban on transferring “high cap” mags. Their proposal to mandate
This is urgent. Please take a moment to read this email carefully and take action immediately. As you know, the gun grabbers nationwide are working overtime now to cram gun control down our throats in the wake of the recent mass shootings that have occurred. We’ve watched our friends in other states lose their gun rights – this year – through their state general assembly. Here in Iowa, we’ve enjoyed
Like many of you, I will never forget the first gun that my grandfather gave to me as a youth. For me, it was a little single shot, breech-loading .410 shotgun. This gun had been in Grandpa’s family for a long time, and I still remember opening the box on Christmas afternoon and looking in disbelief at the gun laying there. I remember walking out behind the grain bins on
There is no way to enforce a “Universal Background Check” scheme without government keeping records of all firearms and firearm owners. So-called “Universal Background Check” schemes are nothing more than a guise for gun registration and gun registration is the first step to outright gun confiscation. “Universal Background Check” schemes would turn fathers and grandfathers into felons for handing down a hunting shotgun to their sons. Click here to sign
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to discuss mental health reform in Iowa. Democrat Wally Horn (D-35) asked about ways that the legislature can “preemptively stop” the next mass shooting incident by adjusting the mental health laws. I shudder just thinking about that…the government deciding, IN ADVANCE, who is likely to commit a crime. Like every law abiding Iowa gun owner, the last thing I want is for someone who
This week as I stood in the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting watching the committee discussing mental health reform and gun control, I saw a sadly familiar sight. The most unified and organized anti-gun lobby force in the state was out in force: the Iowa State Sheriff’s and Deputies Association (ISSDA). The ISSDA was there doing what they do best, using the intimidation factor of their uniform to tell the General
