Concealed-carry law passes Iowa Senate

[shadowrider]

DES MOINES — Iowa would become a “shall issue” state and sheriffs would lose much of their discretion in denying concealed weapons permits under legislation approved by the Senate Saturday.

Senate File 2379, adopted 44-4, would create uniform standards in all 99 counties for issuing permits to carry a concealed weapon in public. Under current law, sheriffs can issue or deny permits. There standards vary with some issuing permits to nearly everyone who applies and some denying nearly all applications. Nearly 35,000 Iowans have concealed carry permits, according to lawmakers.

http://www.qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_5713d3fc-3a18-11df-966d-001cc4c002e0.html

[aikoaiko]

1. the right to carry map will have to be updated!

Another yellow turns blue.

[shadowrider]

2. Yup

And the travel guide for anti-gunners will have to be updated too.

[jaxx]

3. There goes the shopping trips to Iowa.

[aikoaiko]

4. I wouldn't be surprised if Illinois and Wisconsin were shall-issue in 5 years.

Good luck with shopping.

[jaxx]

5. I'll fight it.

I've already started with my local rep.

[aikoaiko]

6. As is your right, but I'm confident that the right-t-carry zeitgiest will prevail.

[DonP]

12. Good for you! But if you're in Illinois - you're already outnumbered/outvoted

I-GOLD turned out 7,000 people this year in Springpatch two weeks ago, up from 5,000 last March for concealed carry.

How many do you think you'll be able to turn out from the gun control non-movement?

Brady's last Washington DC rally had maybe 800 on the Capitol steps and they cancelled their "big" Mothers Day rally.

[pipoman]

14. Preaching to the choir no doubt...

[PavePusher]

22. Why?

Because it has caused so many problems in the states that have it already?

What is your reasoning?

[michreject]

21. WI- one year after Doyle leaves

His two vetos won't happen again.

[GreenStormCloud]

7. You were planning on buying a lot of corn? N/T

[jaxx]

9. I live 40 miles from the Iowa border, in IL. We have plenty of corn.

I shop in Iowa every week or so. But now I won't.

[shadowrider]

10. Your choice, but let me get this straight

You go shopping in Iowa, a "may issue" state, dependent upon whether or not the sheriff got some last night. That means, the county you went shopping in may have had a lot of people concealed carrying if the sheriff "May issued" to all that applied. You could have been in the midst of a whole bunch of guns but didn't know it and that didn't bother you.

Now that they're going to "shall issue", it makes a huge difference?

Again, it's your right to go or not go someplace and I don't hold that against you. I'm just curious why "may issue" didn't bother you and "shall issue" does.

[jaxx]

13. More will get them and carry them around.

I don't like guns with my salad.

[friendly_iconoclast]

16. It wasn't a problem in Ohio and Minnesota when they went shall-issue.

And, like Iowa, they were already may-issue, so some locales were effectively shall-issue while others were, ahem,
Illinois-like. They had no rise in violent crime when they changed over. What makes you think it will be different in Iowa?

[DonP]

17. Well, the folks in Council Bluffs and Clinton can be trusted but ...

... I don't know about those wild, trouble makers in Cedar Falls and Mason City!

Blood will run in the streets of Ottumwa and Dubuque, just wait!

This will make a big dent in the campaign coffers of some Sheriffs I bet.

(My family is all from Iowa)

<sarcasm>

[friendly_iconoclast]

19. Mason City? "Yes sir, we've got trouble. Right here in River City!"

For those who didn't know:"The Music Man" author Meredith Willson based River City on his hometown of Mason City.

[Hoopla Phil]

20. Trouble - That starts with "T" and that rymes with "P" and that stand for POOL.!

[pipoman]

8. I'll bet that is an every day occurrence...

oh, and what city in Iowa has a higher crime rate than Chicago?

[shadowrider]

11. oh, and what city in Iowa has a higher crime rate than Chicago?

Chicago, particularly South Chicago, is extremely safe. Guns are illegal there.

[Hoopla Phil]

15. Great news!!!

How is your governor on the issue? I never see this process going on without thinking about the Ann Richards, G.W. thing.

[GreenStormCloud]

18. Iowa Governor Chet Culver is rated" A" by the NRA. N/T

[jazzhound]

23. Great news, shadowrider -- thanks for posting it.

And Democrats made it happen! Is it possible that we're finally wising up and taking a potent weapon out of the hands of the GOP?

I've written many letters to Democrats (and the DNC) on this issue, and will continue to write -- as I imagine members of this discussion forum have.

:woohoo: