We at the Iowa Firearms Coalition all hope that you have a Happy New Year and that 2025 turns out to be a great year not just for you, but also for the expansion of our Second Amendment freedoms, and for America.
IFC 2025 Legislative Agenda
IFC has listened to its members and has been working on legislative language to address your concerns. Here is the legislative platform for 2025. Be sure to attend 2A Day to learn more about these bills and to encourage your legislators to support them!
Safer Families Act (provisions of HF654 – passed by the House on April 12, 2023)
Intended to eliminate most of the few remaining “No Guns Zones” in Iowa law:
Repeals ban on firearms and ammunition in:
Vehicles on the grounds of correctional facilities
Vehicles in publicly accessible parking lots operated by state or local government
Vehicles transporting foster children
School vehicles transporting pupils (authorized armed staff only)
Allows for permit holders to have a concealed handgun in their vehicle when dropping off or picking up at a school
Prohibits state universities and community colleges from banning lawfully possessed weapons in vehicles on their grounds
Repeals the ban on firearms in state-licensed gambling facilities
Repeals the statutes on “manner of conveyance” of long guns in vehicles
Provides for firearm safety Instruction in schools
Provides necessary clean-up of some language in Iowa Code 724 in the wake of the 2021 adoption of permitless carry of weapons
Full 2A Rights for Young Adults
IFC will again seek to remove statutory restrictions on handguns affecting young adults aged 18-20.
2A/4A Protection in Private Parking Lots
IFC will again seek to pass legislation prohibiting employers from disciplining or firing employees who lawfully possess weapons or ammunition in their vehicles on employer provided parking areas.
Repeal Firearms Devices Section 724.29
This is causing problems with sales of binary triggers and similar devices.
Gadsden Flag License Plate to Fund 2A Education and Training
IFC will seek to create an Iowa Gadsden Flag license plate, with funds devoted to 2A education and training, with first priority to IFC or similar groups.
Require Iowa Government Agencies to Auction Seized Firearms
IFC will seek to require public disposition of seized firearms, rather than have them all go to the state’s crime lab or be destroyed.
Remove Conservation Officers’ Authority for Warrantless Searches
Investigations on private property must honor Fourth Amendment rights by requiring probable cause, permission, or a warrant.
2A LOBBY DAY AND THE IFC-PAC DINNER
I’m looking forward to meeting you at 2A Day on February 18th at the State Capitol where you will have a chance to talk to your legislators about the need for these legislative changes. Also, don’t forget to get your tickets for the IFC-PAC BBQ Dinner that evening, with Iowa Hero, Major Jeff Streucker of Black Hawk Down Fame.
Jeff Struecker, IFC’s 2A Day (February 18th, 2025) featured speaker, leads the Unbeatable Army. He’s a decorated soldier who enlisted in the United States Army at age 18 and retired with almost 23 years of active federal service. In 2017, he was inducted into the US Army Ranger Hall of Fame.
He spent most of his Army career in the 75th Ranger Regiment. While serving in this unit, Jeff competed in and won the Best Ranger Competition in 1996. He then served at the University of Louisville, where he was recognized as the US Army ROTC, Noncommissioned Officer of the year. Jeff spent his final years in the US Army serving as a chaplain in Airborne and Ranger units.
Join us on 2A Day! If you’d like to listen to a passionate story in a more intimate setting, purchase a ticket and support the IFC-PAC later in the evening on February 18th, 2025 at our annual IFC-PAC Supper.
UNINFORMED JUDGES, DELAY IN SNOPE CASE, AND THE NRA SETTLES
In the last few weeks, we have seen uninformed judges, a delay in the Snope case, and the NRA settles with the State of New York and lives on.
Uninformed Judges
Federal Court judges can be downright ridiculous sometimes. I’ve used the term uninformed, but anyone with internet access can educate themselves in less than an hour on rifle action types and how powerful any given cartridge is relative to another.
Judge Harvey Wilkinson made this stupid statement in court:
Judge Wilkinson asked the appellants’ counsel Pete Patterson:
“Have you ever fired an M-16?” Counsel: “I have not your Honor.” Judge Wilkinson: “Well I have and we used them when I was in the Army Reserve. That was way back, way way back.” (He served in 1968-69.)
Judge Wilkinson went on to state:
“And when we took shots at the targets, wherever we hit, there was nothing left, the kick was so powerful that when the bullets hit the human beings, it splintered them into all sorts of little pieces, there was very little left of the human being, and that was a very earlier model of the M16, and since then it’s been perfected, and perfected, and perfected into an even more lethal weapon than the ones that I used.”
Fortunately, author Stephen Halbrook in a recent Reason Magazinearticle does a masterful job of explaining why the AR15 originally produced in 5.56 NATO, and these days in many other chamberings, is far less powerful than the cartridges used by millions of deer hunters across America.
Snope v. Brown (State of Maryland)
In the Snope case, the question is whether the Constitution permits the State of Maryland to ban semiautomatic rifles that are in common use for lawful purposes, including the most popular rifle in America.
Major breaking news also last week was that the Supreme Court delayed scheduling its conferencing decision on Snopeand the Ocean State Tactical v Rhode Island (OST) case.
The two questions in the OST case are 1) Whether a retrospective and confiscatory ban on the possession of ammunition feeding devices that are in common use violates the Second Amendment. 2) Whether a law dispossessing citizens without compensation of property that they lawfully acquired and long possessed without incident violates the Takings Clause.
The significance here is that multiple cases out of the blue states might be combined, and underHeller and Bruen, hopefully struck down in the Courts next term. Second Amendment defender Mark A. Smith at The Four Boxes Diner has a short video on his assessment here.
NRA Settles With Jihad’s NY Attorney General
The National Rifle Association settled the lawsuit last week with the State of New York. Tom Knighton at BearingArms summed it up best with this comment:
“Letitia James declared a jihad against them. She spoke openly about how she wanted to destroy the organization. She likened NRA members to terrorists. She made it her mission to hurt the NRA.”
We all have opinions on how the NRA has been managed in recent years. The good news is that the legal expenses the membership has been enduring regarding this seem to be behind us now. As the NRA Official State Association, IFC proudly works closely with the NRA daily. I’m optimistic that the NRA will become stronger and better managed going forward.
Obama/Biden/Harris
Finally, America’s long ordeal with the Obama/Biden/Harris nightmare is coming to a close. Biden is still trying to re-write history about his pathetic legacy with the latest attempt in a press release on the twelfth anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting. From the press release:
“After four years under my administration, homicides are down, crime is falling, and we are seeing fewer mass shootings. This progress is no accident,” he continued. “Still, more must be done.”
Apparently, Biden’s minion who wrote this for him still believes the FBI-doctored crime numbers. The same ones his Administration has repeatedly revised upwards. That incredible press release was followed by another one by Biden’s minions on December 16th, touting how much better off the country is economically today than when he took office four years ago. Biden’s party has to rewrite history if they have any chance to win back power in the future.
We can’t be done with these dangerous quacks soon enough.
Upcoming Event!
Make sure you attend 2A Day on February 18th at the State Capitol and get your tickets for the IFC-PAC BBQ Dinner that evening with Iowa Hero, Major Jeff Streucker of Black Hawk Down Fame.
A dangerous quack (Jason Benell, contributor) over at Bleeding Heartland, which is a far-Leftist Iowa-based blog, published a piece that starts with this headline:
“Republican voters are unreasonable and uninformed—a dangerous combination”
Of all the stupid lines in this article, these few paragraphs are perhaps the best:
“...Or are they just lying to avoid discussing their ignorance, sexism, racism, and apathy?
This is contemptible behavior from Republican voters, who are quite literally willing to sell their neighbors down river for the promise of a tax break…
…The folks voting against progressive and Democratic ideals aren’t doing it because they genuinely have principled positions on taxation, the environment, or child care, and they just need to hear the right thing to change their mind.
No, they are doing so because of the multitude of grievances they can contrive and justify their ignorance upon.
Rather, let us move around those voters and reach people who are interested in becoming informed and who are receptive to new ideas.Let’s not preclude a better future because of what some fictional reasonable voter may reject. They have shown themselves time and again to be uninformed and dishonest, and yes, unreasonable about things that matter to them or what they believe in.
No reasonable person votes based on what a trans person might do in the bathroom. No reasonable person votes for a raise in tariffs without knowing what they are. No reasonable person thinks their religion should be foisted on children in public schools but is afraid of other religions being recognized. No reasonable person thinks that criminal convictions and sexual assault allegations are better qualifications for public office than professionals and experienced workers.
So instead of treating them like they are reasonable, we should just go around them and reach out to folks who may genuinely may not know any better.Let’s talk about the benefits of increased wages and worker protections and clean water and secular governance instead of preemptively moderating our positions to appeal to someone who doesn’t exist.”...
Maybe Reasonable people don’t vote for progressives’ ideas because thousands of years of human history prove they don’t work!
Not only is the typical anti-gun Leftist an elitist, but they truly are the perfect example of projection in every sense of the word. Economist Thomas Sowell said;
“People convinced of their own superior wisdom and virtue have no time to spare for what other people want, whether in housing or health care or a whole range of other things.”
Mark Your Calendars Now!
Make sure you attend 2A Day on February 18th at the State Capitol and get your tickets for the IFC-PAC BBQ Dinner that evening with Iowa Hero, Major Jeff Streucker of Black Hawk Down Fame.
Yes, we’ll celebrate 2A Day this year with Iowa native, Jeff Struecker, known from Black Hawk Down. Jeff is our keynote speaker at the Capitol building and also our speaker at the IFC-PAC Supper that same night.
Jeff Struecker was a decorated soldier. At age 18, he enlisted in the United States Army as an Infantryman and retired as a chaplain with over 22 years of active federal service. In 2017, he was inducted into the US Army Ranger Hall of Fame.
He served for ten years in the 75th Ranger Regiment in positions from Private to Platoon Sergeant. While serving in this unit, Jeff competed in and won the David L. Grange Best Ranger Competition in 1996. He taught ROTC at the University of Louisville and was recognized in 1998 as the US Army ROTC, Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. Jeff spent his final ten years in the US Army serving as a chaplain in Airborne and Ranger units.
Throughout his career, Jeff has attended numerous professional military schools and has received many awards and commendations. Some of his awards include the Ranger Tab, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Master Parachutists Wings, Military Freefall Master Parachutist Wings, several foreign jump wings, and the Combat Action Badge. He has been awarded other commendations and decorations throughout his military career.
His combat experience includes participation in the invasion of Panama, Operation Desert Storm, Black Hawk Down in Somalia, and more than a dozen combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. Jeff has been awarded medals for valor in combat and has received many medals as recognition for his service in the US Army.
Jeff holds a Ph.D. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. He also has several other earned and honorary degrees. He is the lead pastor of 2 Cities Church in Columbus, Georgia.
He is an award-winning author with five books in print. He and his wife, Dawn, have five children and four grandchildren.
IFC will be running a shuttle van from parking lot 16 shown on the map —> throughout the day. Noon to 4pm. The van will pick up and drop off in parking lot 16 and the front (west) entrance of the Capitol building. We’ll be using a passenger van with IFC logos on the doors. Flag us down and we’ll give you a lift!
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2A LOBBY DAY AND THE IFC-PAC DINNER
2A LOBBY DAY AND THE IFC-PAC DINNER
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