Iowans flock to sheriffs to apply for gun permits Des Moines Register (IA) http://www.desmoinesregister.com/articl ... un-permits January 5, 2011 Byline: Tom Alex New State Gun Law Leaves Librarians Confused, Anxious Library Journal http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/8 ... s.html.csp January 4, 2011 Byline: Michael Kelley Gun law transition smooth Muscatine Journal (IA) http://www.muscatinejournal.com/news/lo ... 002e0.html January 5, 2011 Byline: Mike Ferguson Huxley's Police Chief "Advises" Businesses To Turn Away Those Carrying Guns WHO (Des Moines, IA) http://www.whotv.com/news/who-story-hux ... 3669.story January 4, 2011 Byline: Aaron Brilbeck
Last line of the first article: So, in Iowa, you need a permit just to OWN a gun? That surprises me...
Yeah, because that's the case in so many other shall-issue states. Permitted people can't wait for some one to tailgate them or steal their parking space at the mall to justify skinning their smoke wagon. The sheriff can't possibly believe this. Even a cursory glance at anecdotal evidence from neighboring states would completely destroy this ill conceived opinion. This has to be rationalization to justify his anti position.