Posted July 16, 2019 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

When you think of gun control, Des Moines, Iowa isn’t the name that pops to mind. New York, Newark, Los Angeles, Chicago, all those names are likely to be mentioned, but Des Moines?

However, the city was actually considering a couple of gun control measures. In particular, a ban on bump stocks–which are already banned, but whatever floats their boat–and magazine capacity restrictions.

What local officials weren’t counting on was stiff opposition from gun rights advocates.

The Des Moines City Council decided not to adopt any restrictions on firearm accessories Monday night after hearing stiff opposition from area gun owners and several council members.

After the council said it would consider gun-accessory restrictions, opposition mounted, including from a state lawmaker who said he would sponsor legislation next year to negate the local action.

On Monday, gun owners, about 10 of them, came to the City Council chambers to protest. But by then, five members of the seven-member council had sponsored a resolution to “delay” action on the gun-attachment restrictions.

The proposed ordinance would have banned the possession of high-capacity magazines and “trigger activators” that enable guns to fire at a higher rate.

Some council members wanted to do more than simply delay adoption of …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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