Want Better Gun Legislation? Get Legislators To The Shooting Range

Kelvey Vander Hart: Inexperienced legislators with a personal and uninformed vendetta against guns are automatically going to craft bad legislation.

Gun Rights Sanctuary Counties: Following Camden County, Missouri’s Lead

Pat Nicklaus: It’s time conservatives and Constitutionalists use anti-commandeering protections to reaffirm Constitutionally protected rights.

Sherman: It’s a No-Brainer for Second Amendment Voters – Ernst All the Way!

Steve Sherman: I cannot more strongly endorse U.S. Senator Joni Ernst based on her strong defense of the Second Amendment.

Keep and Bear Arms Amendment Sails Through Iowa House and Senate

The Iowa House and Iowa Senate passed an amendment that will enshrine Iowans’ right to keep and bear arms in the Iowa Constitution if approved a 2nd time and ratified.

Education, Reform & the Right of Free Speech

State Representative Steven Holt (R-Denison) gives a recap of week 4 from the Iowa House of Representatives during the 2019 legislative session.

Clash of Titans: Marijuana Legalization and the 2nd Amendment

Pat Nicklaus: Marijuana, even if it’s legal at the state level, is still a Schedule 1 drug at the federal level. Possessing pot and a firearm is a felony.

Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment Passes Iowa House

The Iowa House passed HJR 2009, a “right to keep and bear arms” amendment that would amend the Iowa Constitution to add language affirming the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, by a 54 to 42 vote.

Grassley and Cruz Introduce Bill to Improve School Safety and Preserve 2nd Amendment

U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a bill on Tuesday they say will help improve school safety while preserving 2nd Amendment rights.

The Gun Control Debate – Let’s Get Reasonable.

Another mass shooting.  This time, in Florida.  It doesn’t really matter where it happens, because the reaction is always the same.

Binny’s Beverage Depot Protects Its Beer Better Than We Protect Our Kids

Steve C. Sherman: We need to protect our kids as much as Binny’s Beverage Depot protects its booze! It is time to place armed guards in schools.

Priorities and Opportunities for the 2018 Iowa Legislative Session

The second year of the 87th Iowa General Assembly begins Monday, January 8th.  State Representative Steven Holt (R-Denison) highlights what he believes will be the main priorities this session.

UPDATE: The Swamp, National Reciprocity & Fix NICS

Pat Nicklaus: Congress is banking on the popularity of HR 38 (National Reciprocity) and attaching a wildly unpopular, anti-gun bill to it behind your back. 

Guns Aren’t the Problem

Pat Nicklaus: There are 20,000 local, state and federal gun laws on the books.  Even if we have 20,000 more, none of them will legislate the evil or crazy out of a person.

Iowa House Passes Stand Your Ground, Pro-Gun Measures

The Iowa House of Representatives passed “stand your ground” language and other pro-gun measures in an omnibus gun bill, HF 517, by a 58 to 39 vote.

Iowa Middle School Teacher Blasts Trump, Ernst During Home Ec Class

A family & consumer sciences teacher at East Union Secondary School in Afton, Iowa, was recorded blasting Donald Trump during a middle school home ec class.

What Good Does a Whistle Do? Fight For Your Right to Carry on Campus

Kelvey Vander Hart: Fight for your right to carry on your campus, because, after all, in the event of a sexual assault, what good does a whistle do?