With the start of 2023, once again we are reminded of what real leadership looks like. Not the Washington, D.C. type, where the alleged “power brokers” take our money through taxes and then redistribute it to those who vote for a living, but the real thing.
Iowa’s own Peter Brownell has been named the Chairman and CEO of the BROWNELLS 2ND ADVENTURE GROUP, stepping back into the day-to-day role of leading this great Iowa Company.
All of us at IFC are blessed to have Pete’s friendship, counsel, and support as one of IFC’s long-term board members.
Shoot Straight, Speak The Truth, and Never Surrender Our Liberties.
The U.S. Army’s Lake City plant, yes you read that correctly, our United States Army which runs an ammunition factory, is being told to stop producing for the commercial market. The facility accounts for nearly 30% of ammunition production. That should help his approval ratings…
This would mean no longer can Lake City sell their popular M855 and SS109 to the civilian market. A direct attack on the ammunition used for America’s most popular modern sporting rifle with nearly 25 million known rifles being in the United States. A cowardly and desperate move by an administration throwing a tantrum because they can’t get another “assault” weapon ban passed. Continually attacking us where it may hurt the most, our wallets.
While the federal government is on the assault on one end, we must ensure that our state is protected with preemptive measures, like the Freedom Amendment. Which amends Iowa’s Constitution to add the strong protections of the Constitution’s 2nd Amendment, with strict scrutiny.
So, what we need is for you to engage with all of social media as much as possible, while also telling your friends, families, and followers about the Freedom Amendment. It will be found on the back of the ballot in November. Vote YES on the Freedom Amendment and enshrine our rights to keep and bear arms in Iowa’s Constitution once and for all. Join Today! Also, complete our two Action Alert to email your legislators on important issues.
A House Staffer was arrested in Washington, DC for carrying an unregistered weapon into Congress while also not having a license to carry it. To be honest here, I have no issue with someone carrying an unregistered firearm, or without a license to do so if they’re lawfully allowed to possess firearms. In Iowa we have the luxury of not having a firearm registry, we have Constitutional Carry, and we can legally carry into our beautiful State Capitol.
However, we’re not talking about Iowa here. We are talking about the most heavily policed state in the country and even they can’t get it right. With a place that has facial recognition, more police per capita than nearly anywhere else in the country, and more dreamt up security measures than one can imagine. I understand, DC is not perfect, clearly. In my mind I would assume of all places DC would be the radical lefts shining beacon of gun control that works, except it clearly doesn’t. We know gun control doesn’t work, that’s not the argument here.
What I am trying to understand is who this staffer is, how he “forgot” a firearm, passed through security where they clearly saw a firearm, but he was allowed to stroll freely for 4 minutes putting the entire complex on lockdown prior to being stopped. In my opinion, forgetting you have a firearm on you is a lot like leaving your kid in a car while you go into the convenience store for some fatty cakes and a soda pop. You just don’t do it. This was a complete failure on security for letting him through.
Lets take a moment and disregard the fact he forgot his firearm, I don’t know the full outcome of the situation yet. So, this man is essentially made a criminal now for exercising his right to bear arms simply because the security measures that were in place, failed due to human error. As far as I can gather, possessing a firearm or ammunition is a maximum sentence in jail and a $2500 fine. I’ve also found that this has happened many times prior.
This happening on the heels of what our talking heads call an “insurrection,” one would assume they would ramp up security measures and take it more seriously. What would happen if a non staffer, like myself would wander into our nations Capitol armed. Would we be fined, have our hand slapped and released or would we be jailed indefinitely thanks to the Patriot Act. Who knows.
In closing, take the situation for what it’s worth. Even those who legislate, can’t reduce human error, and stripping rights from law abiding persons doesn’t make anyone safer it just slowly makes everyone criminals. While they sit in their ivory tower, which continues to be breached, I will sit here comfortably and responsibly armed providing my own security.
IFC WELCOMES NEWS OF MUSCATINE COUNTY’S “SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY” STATUS
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution, unanimously, on Monday to make their community Iowa’s 34th Second Amendment Sanctuary County.
“We are thrilled to see that Supervisors in one of the Quad Cities area’s largest counties have voted with one voice to uphold the rights of their constituents,” said Dave Funk, IFC President. “We would like to thank the Muscatine County Board of Supervisors for taking this important step forward towards making all of Iowa a Second Amendment Sanctuary.”
Second Amendment Sanctuary resolutions at the county level do not supersede federal law but they do prevent local resources from being used to assist the federal government in efforts that violate the Second Amendment.
The IFC has been working with state and local elected officials to protect the right of Iowans to keep and bear arms in the wake of threats by some in Washington, D.C. to support actions which would infringe upon the Second Amendment.
Iowa’s Second Amendment Sanctuary Counties, so far, also include: Mitchell, Chickasaw, Pocahontas, Hardin, Carroll, Jasper, Cedar, Washington, Madison, Mills, Adams, Clarke, Humboldt, Kossuth, Ringgold, Buchanan, Van Buren, Winnebago, Decatur, Dallas, Guthrie, Benton, Page, Lucas, Taylor, Union, Hancock, Buena Vista, Pottawattamie, Cherokee, Montgomery, Fremont and Wayne.
The Iowa Firearms Coalition, an affiliate of both the NRA and the NSSF, is a 501(c4) nonprofit and is Iowa’s only effective pro-Second Amendment rights organization.
You may be familiar with the metaphor “the boiling frog,” here is a brief refresher or explanation for those unaware. Whether true or not, it makes for a good lesson. It is thought that if a frog were dropped into a boiling pot of water it would sense the heat and immediately jump out. However, it is said that if it were placed in room temperature water then gradually heated to the point of boiling it would ultimately stay, thus boil to death.
Like the boiling frog, the American people too are slowly but surely having their rights “boiled” away, in theory. We are losing our rights without the majority being aware of it. Some of us sense it, and many have been sounding the alarm. Those of us at IFC are fighting to have rights be restored and protected. While we have made great leaps and bounds at the state level, we are currently losing at the federal level.
One of the first forms of gun control in the United States was during the late 1800s and designed to prevent freed African American slaves from possessing firearms. It was not until the 14th Amendment being ratified in 1868 that made the 2nd Amendment racially neutral. It’s safe to say gun control in the U.S. was founded in racism.
Now that we’ve established a timeline of when the hypothetical pot was turned on, lets fast forward about 100 years to 1934 to when that temperature was gradually climbing, but not enough to sound an alarm because like all gun control “it’s for your safety.” 1934, Al Capone has his reign of terror, mainly against other gangsters, this would incentivize Congress to make a firearm registration law, for your safety of course.
25 years later one of the first known instances of a mass shooter Howard Unruh killed 13 people in 1949 a tragedy no doubt, adding to the incentive of gun registry, for your safety. Seeing the theme?
Three tragic murders would be catalysts in garnering broad support across the country for “gun control”. The public’s emotional reaction to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and of Rev. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy in 1968, lead to enactment of the Gun Control Act of 1968. Is it getting hot in here?
1986 – Firearm Owners’ Protection Act, what a name, surely this cannot be bad, it must be for my safety. The FOPA rescinded most of the language in the Gun Control Act of 1968 and prohibition on the national registry of gun owners. The bill isn’t all bad as it reopened the interstate sale of long guns, legalized ammo shipment through the USPS, removed the requirement on keeping records of sales on non-armor piercing ammo, and federal protection of transportation of firearms through states where it may otherwise be illegal. One major flaw is the registration of machine guns as well as ending the sale of machine guns to civilians. Only proper FFL holders, police and military could possess these arms, for your safety of course.
Now to the present, where I believe we are about to a rolling boil. Many people have raised the alarm, especially at the state level with so many states passing Constitutional Carry and becoming 2nd Amendment Sanctuaries. Over 25% of Iowa’s counties are now 2A sanctuaries. We are at the digital age of information, we can spread information at a cyclic rate, the problem is often sifting through the fake to find the factual. The fact is now we are at a point where the BATFE is rogue and going after novelty items like bump stocks and binary triggers, as well as people printing their own firearms and companies selling solvent trap kits. Even simply having a file of a file of a 3d printable “mobile wall hangar” is justification enough for the ATF and FBI to raid your home or business.
Building and customizing firearms is as American as it gets. From slapping on some pearl grips, engraving names, animals, polishing a trigger, or carving a stock from a slab of walnut. So, when a government agency wants to infringe on those God given, fundamental human rights that are protected by the Constitution, what do we do? I believe a good example of that is currently what is going on with Rarebreed’s FRT trigger. They have simply stated that they will not comply with the BATFE’s demands because they are wrong but also because they are not a legislating body. I truly believe they are a fine example of getting out of that boiling pot or not getting in at all. People like that need supported and while I cannot advise you to not comply with unconstitutional laws, I believe whole heartedly that is the stance to make.
If you have ever wondered how we ended up here, hopefully this brief look at history will clear that up and the frog metaphor will resonate with you. It is not enough just to sit back and be silent, you must act, in the sense of being proactive with your rights. The frog in the boiling water is a story of not being aware and not acting on the threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly. Should our rights regarding firearms and accessories even be up for debate? I say no, give me liberty or give me death.
How can we slow the gun control and ultimately end it? Support those who truly support your rights, whether it be your local advocacy group, a business, or your legislators. There will always be people who will attempt to strip your freedom in the name of safety, now is more important than ever to let your voice be known, join Iowa Firearms Coalition today. https://membership.iowafc.org/
For Freedom Dillon Daughenbaugh IFC Communications Director
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