Hundreds of gun control advocates filled Sen. Brad Zaun’s legislative forum on Saturday, January 29th, 2017.   Courtesy: KCCI

Did you make time to meet with your legislator this weekend? Anti-gunners did.

More than 300 of them packed Senator Brad Zaun’s forum on Saturday. They berated and belittled him for an hour and forty-five minutes straight. Things got so bad that Zaun was given a police escort out of his legislative forum.

A fair number of those gun control advocates came from outside of Zaun’s district and quite frankly had no business being there. BUT, the point remains, our opposition is energized and they’re making their voices heard in the most effective way possible, face-to-face with Iowa lawmakers.

Dates, Times, Locations of All 2017 Legislative Forums in Iowa

They’re spreading lies like “it’ll soon be easier to get a machine gun than a pap smear in Iowa.” We gun owners know this is patently false (purchasing a machine gun requires multiple federal background checks and special taxes), but guess which message was getting through unchecked at legislator meetings throughout the state last weekend. Without you there to counter these anti-gunner lies who’s going to do it?

The truth is, there’s more of us than there is of them. We know it. They know it. The 2016 elections proved it. But that’s not stopping them from doing what they do best: making a scene and drawing attention to themselves. They wouldn’t do it if it didn’t work. We say it all the time – the most effective way to help get laws passed is to meet your legislators face-to-face and talk about pro-Second Amendment bills. We don’t say that because it feels good, we say it because it works.

Misguided gun control activists telling lie after lie, painting a picture that anyone that opposes them is evil, it’s happening right now. Yet in a matter of seconds a single voice – your voice – standing firm on fact and principle can wipe away all the lies and half-truths spread by anti-gunners, but that’s impossible if you’re not there. THIS is exactly why it is so important to get out and meet face-to-face with your elected officials. Right now your voice, the voice of gun owners in Iowa, isn’t being heard, and if you’re not there to provide a sense of balance, some truth to their lies, don’t be surprised when pro-gun legislation starts to die. Get out there!

Dates, Times, Locations of All 2017 Legislative Forums in Iowa