Warrior Wednesday with Karen Butler
Karen Butler of “Shoot Like a Girl,” tells IFC Chairman John McLaughlin how the SLG mobile educational display has changed of lives of literally thousands of women and is now including men in its 2A outreach.
New Freedom Amendment Video Publishes!
The Iowa Firearms Coalition has published a new video highlighting the Freedom Amendment – the addition of the right to keep and bear arms to Iowa’s Constitution. Take a peek, share it with your friends and neighbors, and engage!
Secretary of State, Paul Pate: “Support the Freedom Amendment in Iowa”
Just a reminder Iowa Secretary of State, Paul Pate, supports Iowa’s Freedom Amendment. Turn your ballot over and VOTE YES for Iowa’s Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment!
Learn more about Iowa’s Secretary of State, Paul Pate, HERE.
Do you know that Iowa is one of only six states that do not recognize our precious Second Amendment rights in their constitutions? It may seem hard to believe, but Iowa, which adopted “shall issue” Permits to Carry Weapons in 2010 and became a “constitutional carry” state in 2021, shares that dubious distinction with California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Minnesota.
The Iowa Firearms Coalition, Iowa’s only effective gun-rights organization, has been hard at work for years to get this fixed! Amending Iowa’s Constitution is no easy task. The course is long and there are many hurdles and pitfalls along the way. But the good news is that what the IFC calls the “Freedom Amendment” has now passed two consecutive Iowa General Assemblies and the issue will be on the ballot for Iowa voters to decide on November 8, 2022.
The proposed Freedom Amendment reads:
“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The sovereign state of Iowa affirms and recognizes this right to be a fundamental individual right. Any and all restrictions of this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny.”
IFC Warrior Wednesday with Bill Gustoff
Bill Gustoff, local Des Moines area attorney and candidate for Iowa House District 40, joins IFC chair John McLaughlin to discuss the Monroe County first amendment case settlement with IFC. Plus, candidate Gustoff lets us know whether Iowans are talking about voting for the freedom amendment as he goes door-to-door campaigning.
ATF Pressure Has Become Unbearable
The pressure being applied to American citizens by ATF is enough to pulverize you into dust.
I knew Chris, which is to say I’d done business with him a few times. I have no idea what other burdens he carried or the mistakes he’s made in life. Considering we’re among the living, we all bear burdens – often many.
But, as someone who has dealt, and continues to deal with, the immense pressure ATF places upon an FFL business owner, I have a special level of sorrow for Chris. I don’t seek your pity. However, if you can ponder for a moment how heavy it is to resist the power of government when they come to destroy you, all by means of making LEGAL things instantly ILLEGAL, you’ll have the basis for the problem.
We’re not talking about written laws being broken. Rather, entire businesses that are erected over years all going *poof* overnight, thus making your business illegal. I often wonder if this isn’t a bastardized form of entrapment…
As ATF continues to create criminals from patriots with reversals of their previous opinions, essentially weaponizing itself against the citizens it claims to serve, death and suffering will naturally occur. …And Chris, despite his other flaws, apparently believed there was no way out. I pray he was saved unto Him.
If the goal of this administration was to run ethical and moral people out of business by simply changing the rules of the game, they have achieved their goal, in spades.
…And they’ve done so by trampling upon not only the rights and liberties of Americans but now their very lives. The ATF has become a rabid dog.
In Libertatem,
Michael Ware – IFC Board
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