Articles Tagged: Gun laws

Measure enshrines gun rights, provides strict legal protections, in state constitution.

Prosecutors say felony gun crimes have tripled since 2019 in Linn and Johnson counties. They believe the jump is the result of relax gun laws and because some individuals are choosing to resolve their differences with violence.

Iowans for Responsible Gun Laws say ‘reckless’ amendment will impact safety of Iowans

The Iowa City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution opposing proposed gun rights amendment and urging residents to vote “no” on the Nov. 8 ballot question.

The board voted 2-1 to oppose the amendment, which is on next week’s ballot. They join the Cedar Rapids Community School District and Johnson County Supervisors in passing a resolution encouraging Iowans to vote “no.“

The Gazette interviewed Linn County voters who cast early ballots this week about the issues, races and candidates influencing their vote. Here is what they had to say.

Members of the Cedar Rapids school board and Johnson County Board of Supervisors are the latest public officials to come out against the gun rights amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Iowa voters will be asked to add language to the Iowa Constitution that states it is a “fundamental individual right“ to keep and bear arms, and that any restraint on that right is invalid unless it meets the stringent demands of “strict scrutiny” in court.

Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks and Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner encouraged Iowans to vote no on the proposed gun rights amendment that will be on the November ballot.

On the heels of a state report on lives lost to domestic violence in 2022, victim advocates say a measure on the ballot Nov. 8 will make it harder to enact gun laws in Iowa to keep firearms out of the hands of abusers.

Iowa voters will be asked to enshrine the individual right to keep and bear arms in the Iowa Constitution, subject to “strict scrutiny” this November. Here’s what that will mean.

The Safer Communities Act — a bipartisan gun safety bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25 — closed what was known as the “boyfriend loophole” on a national level, but gaps still in exist in Iowa that keep the loophole open in most cases, experts say.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Districts are all tied or separated by just 1 point in new polling released this week