Biden's Gun Bashing Backfires: Iowa Makes Carrying Legal Without Permits

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Iowa Governor Signs Bill Into Law Letting Residents Buy, Carry Guns Without Permits

April 3, 2021

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds  signed legislation into law on Friday lifting some restrictions to buy  or carry a handgun in the state for law-abiding citizens.

The NRA-backed legislation named "House File 756"  will take effect on July 1 and eliminates the requirement for  law-abiding Iowans to obtain a permit to purchase a handgun from private  non-licensed sources. Additionally, to carry a weapon, people will no  longer need to have a permit as well. Individuals will still have to follow federal law and go through an  instant background check to buy from licensed sellers each time they  purchase a gun. People who fail to commit to the new law will be charged with a Class  D felony, which is punishable by up to five years in prison. It will  become a felony if a person sells, rents, or loans a firearm to someone  the seller "knows or reasonably should know" isn't legally allowed to  get a gun or is intoxicated. "Today I signed legislation that protects the 2nd Amendment rights of  Iowa's law-abiding citizens while still preventing the sale of firearms  to criminals and other dangerous individuals,"...

"This law also takes greater steps to inform law enforcement about an individual's mental illness helping ensure firearms don't end up in the wrong hands," she added. "We will never be able to outlaw or prevent every single bad actor from getting a gun, but what we can do is ensure law-abiding citizens have full access to their constitutional rights while keeping Iowans safe."  Iowa now becomes one of 19 states in the U.S. that no longer requires  law-abiding citizens to get a permit before carrying a gun for  self-defense. The 18 other states that eliminated this requirement are: Alaska,  Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi,  Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota,  Uta, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

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"Our communities aren't safer when criminals can legally purchase a  handgun without a background check," "Background checks are wildly popular, even among gun owners, as a common-sense way to keep people safe," he said. "Legislation like this serves no purpose other than appeasing the gun industry and its powerful lobbyists." "The history of gun control laws really has its roots in Jim Crow-era  racist laws that are designed to deny people their rights," he said.  "Your permit is your Second Amendment right. The idea of having to get a  permit to be able to exercise your Second Amendment right to keep and  bear arms is antithetical to what your rights are as an American at  birth."

Iowa Governor Signs Bill Into Law Letting Residents Buy, Carry Guns Without Permits
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