Tag: 2nd Amendment

Are Iowa’s Current Gun Laws Constitutional?

Iowa law set out in Iowa Code section 724.8B makes it a separate and distinct criminal offense to possess a firearm while committing an “indictable offense.”  An “indictable offense” in Iowa includes all offenses that are categorized as serious misdemeanors, aggravated misdemeanors or felonies.  They include offenses such as theft, driving while suspended, possession of marijuana, operating while intoxicated and other misdemeanors which are completely unconnected to violence or use of a firearm. Charges under section 724.8B are being filed by law enforcement regardless of whether the individual has a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon or is carrying […]

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Can You Carry a Firearm in Iowa? You might be suprised.

While recent changes to Iowa’s gun laws have been trumpeted and described at times as Constitutional Carry, this is simply not the case.  A closer look into the newly enacted legislation exposes a number of new traps that could catch the unaware citizen. Under Iowa’s new gun laws, a person is prohibited from CARRYING (having a weapon on or about the individual’s person or within immediate reach in a vehicle) a dangerous weapon (which include firearms) under the following circumstances: While possessing a controlled substance. While committing another serious misdemeanor offense, or a greater offense. If addicted to the use […]

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Iowa’s New Gun Laws

WARNING – These new laws do NOT go into effect until July 1, 2021. Effective July 1, 2021, Iowa’s gun laws will change significantly following Governor Reynold’s approving House File 756, an Act Relating to the Acquisition and Possession of Weapons and Providing Penalties.  How these new changes will interact with federal requirements is yet to be determined.   A more in-depth and comprehensive discussion of each change will be the subject of additional blogs but here is a general overview of the top 6 changes that the new law will make to Iowa’s firearm rights. Removal of the Requirement of […]

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