(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
The state of Iowa is one of a number of states to embrace permitless carry this year. The state has been fairly pro-gun for a while, but this was a bold move nonetheless.
Frankly, it needed to happen.
As in so many other places, Iowa is seeing an uptick in violent crime. Allowing armed citizens to carry their firearms more easily will likely reduce that violence considerably. Especially if more of the state’s violent population suddenly finds themselves devoid of a heartbeat.
However, the media is trying to frame things quite a bit differently. After all, their story about both permitless carry and the spike in violent crime got a title like, “Gun Deaths Rising In Iowa As New Law Removes Handgun Permits.”
by Tyler Durden
Wednesday, Jun 30, 2021 - 08:40 PM
Months ago, we told readers ghost guns, which are untraceable to the federal government and can either be made from 80% percent lower kits or 3D printers were popping up all across Baltimore City. Now the number of ghost guns the Baltimore City Police Department (BCPD) expects to seize this year is set to be more than double what it was last year.
Baltimore police are on track to seize at least twice as many privately manufactured firearms often called ghost guns as they did in 2020, Sheree Briscoe, the city s deputy police commissioner, said Tuesday.
National News
Gun deaths rising in Iowa as new law removes handgun permits
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Gun deaths are surging in Iowa as a law is set to go into effect Thursday that will allow people to more easily buy handguns and carry them in public without training or a permit.
by Associated Press
Jun. 30 2021 @ 11:00pm
FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2015, file photo is State Sen. Jason Schultz, R-Schleswig, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Gun deaths are rising in Iowa even before a landmark law goes into effect Thursday, July 1, 2021, that will allow people to more easily buy handguns and carry them in public without training or a permit. Gov. Reynolds signed the bill in April after facing pressure from conservative activists. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall File)
Wikimedia Commons The shooting deaths represent a 23 percent increase from Iowa’s previous high of 287 in 2019, including an 80 percent jump in homicides, according to state data.
Gun deaths are surging in Iowa, as a law is set to go into effect Thursday that will allow people to more easily buy handguns and carry them in public without training or a permit.
A record 353 Iowa residents died from gunshot wounds in 2020, including 263 suicides and 85 homicides, an Iowa Department of Public Health spokesperson said Tuesday. The shooting deaths represent a 23 percent increase from Iowa’s previous high of 287 in 2019, including an 80 percent jump in homicides, according to state data.
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