Iowa Lawmakers of the Left are having panicky second thoughts about the reach of the shall-issue law. It's probably the blood bath all across our corny fields in the 54 days since shall-issue became the law. I mean, you've seen it on all the electric teevee news channels, haven't you? Mayhem in Muscatine! Slaughter in Spirit Lake! Gun Gore in Graettinger!
Or maybe it is the backlash from a few -- so far -- very loud local pols currying favor with their even-louder gun-hating constituents. That move is for local bans on CCW holders carrying in public buildings, parks, and restaurants where you can get a drink. (I don't mind repeating that Between Two Rivers is the best place to keep track of the local gun-banners.)
It may also mean that Democrats' in high places are looking at their 2010 election disaster and wondering if they miscalculated.
There are regrets," said Sen. Jack Hatch, D-Des Moines. "That bill was supposedly a compromise for political purposes only - to try to neutralize the NRA."
I'm trying to imagine a more credible endorsement of the political influence of gun owners and users. Can't. Nor can I contain my surprise that a grizzled old political operative like Hatch would openly admit to that level of cynicism.
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The raft of legislative measures to roll back the broad protections of the 2010 shall-issue law is probably going no where this session, what with a gun-friendly house majority and a governor who is at least not rabidly anti-gun. I rather suspect Hatch and company are stirring the gun-fear pot in order to distract from the need to fix the financial mess they were instrumental in creating during their four years in full control of state government.
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Thanks for the endorsement, Jim. My gun ban map has sprung up at the gun show in Cedar Rapids and it seems like a popular download for my site.
We got more bans this week and some positive news for one county that will have to wait a day or two.
Thanks again.
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