by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 23, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Gun rights advocates are backing a bill that would prevent state government agencies and pension funds from doing business with investment firms that boycott the gun industry. “If we can’t have normal commerce in America, then what good are your...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 22, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Anyone who can legally own a gun would be able to carry it, loaded with bullets, while driving on a public highway under legislation that’s cleared a House subcommittee. Current law says guns are to be unloaded while a vehicle is moving. The bill also says...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 9, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined a lawsuit that challenges a Biden Administration rule requiring registration of gun accessories known as pistol braces. Pistol braces were first marketed in 2012 as a way to help people with a disability stabilize a pistol...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 10, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Democrats and progressives say polls show the top agenda items Republican lawmakers plan to pursue in the 2023 legislature are unpopular with Iowans. Matt Sinovic, executive director of Progress Iowa, hosted what he called “The People’s Condition of the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 9, 2022 | News, Politics & Government
Key backers of the gun rights amendment Iowa voters have just added to Iowa’s Constitution say they’ll introduce a series of gun-related proposals in the 2023 Iowa Legislature. House Republican Leader Matt Windschitl of Missouri Valley has been involved in...