Unsplash Iowans are no longer required to get a permit to purchase or carry a handgun under a new state law.
Iowans are no longer required to get a permit to purchase or carry a handgun after changes to the state s gun laws took effect Thursday.
Those who want to purchase a handgun from a federally licensed gun seller without a permit will still have to get a background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Iowans no longer need a permit or a background check to buy a handgun in a private sale. Sellers can be charged with a felony if they give a gun to someone they “know or reasonably should know” is prohibited from having a gun.
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Mason City dentist Jay Lala in the building that once housed
Emerson s on Main. Lala is restoring the structure and opening
a satellite office in Osage.
The longtime Mason City dentist, after 28 years in the business, is expanding his practice to Osage. When his friend Ken Emerson decided to move his clothing store across Main Street, it provided Lala with an opportunity to gather more patients under his care.
If there is one word Lala would use to describe the dental arts, it is âfun.â He is known for his vast wardrobe of Hawaiian shirts; after getting married in Hawaii, his wardrobe has grown by 150, because they are comfortable, he says, and he does not need to tuck them in.
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