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Iowa Now A Shall Carry State - A Secret???
BuckskinRider
Member Posts: 16 ✭✭
On April 29, 2010, Iowa's Governor signed into law SF2379. While the law "ain't perfect," it appears to be substantially better than what we residents' had prior to it's passage. So, that's the "good" news.
Knowing that ANY gun legislation brings out those from both extremes, I was looking forward to seeing what the journalists had to say on the subject. To my surprise, every search engine I utilized showed no news articles about the new law. The closest I came were comments on the seat belt law that was signed the following day.
I try to keep my head looking down the middle of things - to be objective and gather facts - as a result I've held a personal opinion that certain of our news sources (local) were not very unbiased in their reporting. You read something and it's pretty apparent the bias of the writer ... but you can't automatically jump to the conclusion that it's representative of who they work for. Well ... my opinion has changed.
I think rather than report that Iowa's citizenry now has a more transparent system ... the local media has decided don't tell them anything - be completely quiet on the subject (and all the blogging associated with the news articles). I'm dumbfounded.
How many of you - who are obviously more informed than the average Joe regarding such events - were aware that Iowa will be a shall carry State beginning January 1, 2011? How many of you know some of the significant specifics that the legislation has afforded Iowa residents?
I've seen outright lies and deceptions spread through TV, radio and newspapers. But to just say nothing about a law that potentially affects so many ... unbelievable. UNbelievable ...
Knowing that ANY gun legislation brings out those from both extremes, I was looking forward to seeing what the journalists had to say on the subject. To my surprise, every search engine I utilized showed no news articles about the new law. The closest I came were comments on the seat belt law that was signed the following day.
I try to keep my head looking down the middle of things - to be objective and gather facts - as a result I've held a personal opinion that certain of our news sources (local) were not very unbiased in their reporting. You read something and it's pretty apparent the bias of the writer ... but you can't automatically jump to the conclusion that it's representative of who they work for. Well ... my opinion has changed.
I think rather than report that Iowa's citizenry now has a more transparent system ... the local media has decided don't tell them anything - be completely quiet on the subject (and all the blogging associated with the news articles). I'm dumbfounded.
How many of you - who are obviously more informed than the average Joe regarding such events - were aware that Iowa will be a shall carry State beginning January 1, 2011? How many of you know some of the significant specifics that the legislation has afforded Iowa residents?
I've seen outright lies and deceptions spread through TV, radio and newspapers. But to just say nothing about a law that potentially affects so many ... unbelievable. UNbelievable ...
Comments
Knowing that ANY gun legislation brings out those from both extremes,
There are TWO extremes on this particular subject?! [:0]
Shall "carry" would be perfection.
quote:Originally posted by BuckskinRider
Knowing that ANY gun legislation brings out those from both extremes,
There are TWO extremes on this particular subject?! [:0]
Ahhhh ... for and unfor???
Shall "issue"?
Shall "carry" would be perfection.
See what happens when you worry about spelling and grammer! LOL
Should have been Shall Carry. Thanks for the important correction.
You will find that MSM will only report on "news" that is opposing or detrimental to RKBA.
How many of you - were aware that Iowa will be a shall carry State beginning January 1, 2011? How many of you know some of the significant specifics that the legislation has afforded Iowa residents?
Iowa carry (including the nra) has been discussed in GD by some of us.
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=447254