Mar 29, 2010

Iowa Shall-Issue CCW Law: Got It.

The Iowa House has approved the shall-issue bill 81-16. Minor amendments sent it back to the Senate which approved them 36-4.

It 's now up to Gov. Chet "Ya Big Lug" Culver, and virtually everyone is assuming he will sign it.

It may be of more interest to most readers that an apparently good reciprocity provision is part of the bill. While I haven't seen the final wording, it appears to be a straightforward invitation to come strapped if you have a permit from your own state. The House beat back an effort to complicate things with a state-by state review to make sure your permitting laws are as wonderful as ours.

Some details are here.

2 comments:

Tam said...

"While I haven't seen the final wording, it appears to be a straightforward invitation to come strapped if you have a permit from your own state."

That's what I like about the Hoosier law: We recognize permits from all states and foreign countries. :)

Jim said...

Now we could trade blog-meet visits if we could figure a way to get across Illinois. It adds a lot of miles to drive to Cairo and then cut up the Ohio on the Kentucky side. On the other hand, Evansville was always a great en route liberty port. We'll see. :)