• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / News / Silencers likely to be legal in Iowa this summer

Silencers likely to be legal in Iowa this summer

March 24, 2016 By O. Kay Henderson

State Capitol.

State Capitol.

Two bills that would change Iowa guns laws are headed to the governor’s desk.

The first would let Iowans buy and sell “suppressors”or “silencers” that greatly reduce the sound of a gunshot. Target shooters say the devices helps preserve their hearing. Representative Matt Windschitl, a Republican from Missouri Valley, is a gunsmith, which means he’s been trained to repair, modify and build guns.

“This has been a long-time coming,” Windschitl said on the House floor this week. “What we have before us now is a bill that’s going to expand Iowa’s freedoms.”

Suppressors are legal in 40 other states.

The second gun-related bill that has cleared both the House and Senate this week would let landowners carry a loaded gun while driving an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile on their property. Anyone else on an ATV or snowmobile could carry a gun, but it would have to be unloaded and in a case or holster.

“Also, you must get off the vehicle to shoot unless you’re wheel-chair bound, basically.” said Senator Dick Dearden of Des Moines, an avid hunter who worked on the bill.

Bill backers say it’s dangerous to encounter some wild animals while riding ATVs or snowmobiles in rural areas and this bill will let people shoot rabid or charging animals.

Governor Branstad has not raised concerns about either bill. If he signs the bills into law, each would go into effect July 1.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: guns, Hunting & Fishing, Legislature

Featured Stories

Bill would limit placement of solar arrays on farm ground

Marquette casino moving to land, leaving only 2 casino boats in Iowa

Reynolds signs her ‘school choice’ bill into law

Governor Reynolds touts 2024 Iowa Caucuses in Inaugural Address

University of Iowa grad presiding over U.S. House Speaker vote

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

No coaching changes coming for Iowa football

Iowa State names new receivers coach

No. 2 Iowa visits No. 1 Penn State in wrestling dual Friday night

Iowa’s Clark brings increased exposure to women’s basketball

No. 18 Iowa State women visit TCU

More Sports

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC