Iowa: Governor Branstad Expands the Second Amendment Rights of Gun Owners Across Iowa

By Ammoland

Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- April 13, Governor Terry Branstad greatly enhanced the Second Amendment rights of gun owners across Iowa by signing House File 517 into law. HF 517 is an omnibus bill which makes many pro-gun reforms.

Among these reforms, HF 517 restores the right of law-abiding gun owners to carry in the Capitol and restores the rights of parents to make decisions about their youth and handguns. The bill also strengthens self-defense rights for law-abiding Iowans.

Please thank Governor Branstad for signing these important reforms into law!

Also included in the reform of HF 517:

• ​​Stand Your Ground – Under HF 517 a law-abiding citizen would have no duty to retreat from any place where the person is lawfully present before using force to defend themselves.
• 4th Amendment protections in regards to “going armed with intent” – HF 517 clarifies that the intent element for the crime of “going armed with a dangerous weapon with intent to use it without justification,” a Class D felony under state law, cannot be presumed …Read the Rest

  Source:: AmmoLand