That didn't take long.

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.