Jeff Kaufmann, Chair of the Republican Party of Iowa, supports Iowa’s Freedom Amendment. Turn your ballot over and VOTE YES for Iowa’s Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment! We’re thankful for the support. THANK YOU!
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.”
Iowa’s own Terry Branstad, former Governor of Iowa and United States Ambassador, supports Iowa’s Freedom Amendment. Turn your ballot over and VOTE YES for Iowa’s Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment! We’re thankful for the support. THANK YOU!
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.”
You can help the movement to pass Iowa’s Freedom Amendment by contributing an op-ed to your local paper. Some papers feature a submission button or section, and nearly all have an email address you can use to submit your opinion. Keep in mind most papers have a word limitation and may have some other prerequisites for your work. So, go read them first to make sure you don’t have to resubmit, or worse, find out too late that yours won’t publish. If you’d like some context on what you can offer to your fellow community members, READ THIS BLOG and READ THIS PAGE for starters.
(Oh, I almost forgot. For the bawl babies that see the photograph in the featured image and immediately begin birthing a bull calf over the cocked hammer, please realize this is a “stock photograph” and doesn’t depict my laptop, preference in beverage, or choice of handgun. Also, if my hands were ever that clean and smooth I’d voluntarily relinquish my man card.)
Just a reminder Iowa’s House Representative, Brian Lohse, supports Iowa’s Freedom Amendment. Turn your ballot over and VOTE YES for Iowa’s Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment! We’re thankful for the support. THANK YOU!
To learn more about Representative Lohse, go HERE. To see voting records for legislators, go HERE to our PAC site with bill trackers and legislative scorecards.
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.”
On a personal note, I’d like to challenge you to think about the mindset of a Sheriff that takes AN OATH to support the Constitution of the United States, then advocates against the civil liberties and the human rights of his or her citizens and constituents. That appears, at its heart, to be a disqualification for office. In Libertatem – Michael Ware – IFC Board
IOWA SHERIFFS PUBLICLY ENDORSE FREEDOM AMENDMENT
(TIPTON, Iowa) — Seven Iowa Sheriffs are publicly endorsing the Freedom Amendment ahead of the November 8th general election. They include Sheriff Warren Wethington (Cedar County), Sheriff Dan Tredrow (Van Buren), Sheriff Quinn Riess (Muscatine), Sheriff Keith Davis (Wayne), Sheriff Jared Schneider (Washington), Sheriff Jason Barnes, (Madison), and Sheriff Robert Rotter (Iowa).
“As peace officers, we swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of Iowa and the Federal Bill of Rights,” said Cedar County Sheriff Warren Wethington. “The right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental and God-given right and it’s passed time that Iowans have the same state-level civil rights protections as Americans living in the rest of the country.”
The Freedom Amendment, if approved by voters, will add the right to keep and bear arms to Iowa’s state constitution. Only six states, which includes Iowa, Minnesota, Maryland, California, New York and New Jersey, have not already adopted their own versions of the Freedom Amendment in their respective state constitutions.
Wethington tells the Iowa Firearms Coalition it’s his belief, despite the widely publicized condemnation of the Freedom Amendment by one eastern Iowa Sheriff, who is also a well-known activist within the Democratic party and partner of far-left out-of-state organizations in his crusade against Iowans’ constitutional rights, that the vast majority of those who wear badges also support the Freedom Amendment.
Recent polling from the Des Moines Register and Iowans for Tax Relief has also shown it’s not just members of law enforcement who are backing the Freedom Amendment but a strong majority of everyday Iowans too.
The Iowa Firearms Coalition, an affiliate of the NRA and NSSF, is a 501(c4) nonprofit and is Iowa’s only effective pro-Second Amendment rights organization.
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