The bill would prevent banks and credit card companies from using a merchant code that would differentiate a gun shop from a general merchandise or sporting goods store.
Articles Tagged: Gun laws
By Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Feb. 13, 2024 6:27 pm615d ago
Also, a bill that combines a ban on automated traffic enforcement cameras with a requirement for only hands-free use of mobile devices while driving advanced.
State Government Feb. 7, 2024 10:51 am622d ago
At least 32 states have laws allowing teachers or other school staff to be armed during school hours, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. That includes all of Nebraska's neighboring states, including Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota.
Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Feb. 1, 2024 6:28 pm627d ago
Also, bill would require teaching about patriotic holidays
State Government Jan. 19, 2024 5:16 pm641d ago
‘There’s just evil out there,’ she says, in discussing the Jan. 4 shooting that killed a sixth-grade student and principal
Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Jan. 18, 2024 7:27 pm641d ago
Many of the event’s speakers addressed the recent fatal school shooting in Perry, and in response called for more armed officers and armed school staff with firearms and active shooter training in schools.
State Government Jan. 8, 2024 10:24 am652d ago
GOP leaders say they won’t act to further restrict abortion until court rules on ‘fetal heartbeat’ law.
Federal Government Jan. 5, 2024 3:37 pm655d ago
Asked about how she’d address "sensible gun laws" after the Thursday morning Perry High School shooting, Iowa’s 2nd District U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said in a town hall meeting, "I think if we could legislate away this kind of hate we would have done it by now."
Government & Politics Aug. 15, 2023 6:28 pm797d ago
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who represents Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, hosted a town hall in Iowa City, where she fielded questions about protecting women’s reproductive rights, climate change, gun control and bipartisan cooperation. It was her first public town hall in Iowa City since becoming the town’s congressperson.
State Government May. 7, 2023 5:00 am898d ago
Among them: C02 pipeline restrictions, sale of birth control pills with a prescription, guns in school parking lots, parental permission for social media
State Government Apr. 24, 2023 5:29 pm910d ago
Iowa students and gun safety advocates rallied at the Iowa Capitol to protest a bill that would allow gun owners to have a firearm in their vehicle on school and college grounds.
Government & Politics Apr. 17, 2023 9:05 am918d ago
Views: It expands rights and freedom. It makes ‘zero sense’
Apr. 14, 2023 2:29 am921d ago
Restriction lifting gun bill passes Iowa House, Cinderella ballet coming to Paramount
Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Apr. 13, 2023 10:20 am922d ago
Weapons must be out of sight; driver must have permit to carry under provisions.
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Apr. 2, 2023 6:00 am933d ago
I have a personal policy where I wait at least a week before saying anything on my social media accounts …