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Milestone. Fox 28 News Reporter and host of iowa in focus, kevin barry joins us now live from the governors celebration in des moines with more on tonights festivities. Kevin . More than a thousand people came to the fair grounds tonight to celebrate with the governor. The night included a discussion with the governor where he talked about his time in office. Early on he spoke about how he grew up in a family of democrats until he got to college. He said he didnt fit in with the College Democrats at the time so a friend invited him to a College Republicans meeting. And the speaker that night was a state representative named Chuck Grassley. So the first republican meeting i went to Chuck Grassley was the speaker and ive been an active republican ever since. Says from then on, he was a republican, and eventually got his mother to switch parties house. At the bottom of the hour. Hear what the governor has to say about how iowas worth ethic helped him get reelected over and over again. In
Firearms was in the service during world war two. That are simply saying the world is getting crazy and world events look familiar and i want the ability to defend. One of the best selling things right now is just smaller guns people can conceal. At cedar valley outfitters in marion the store is never empty. Empty. Theres 22 year old girls and theres 72 year old ladies and everything in between. Owner ernie traw says shoppers fear more shootings and more gun control. Who is looking for a new gun says its clear you have to be prepared. Prepared. For my kids for my husband for myself , for my family. You just never know what youre going to run into in the world anymore and i choose to protect myself and those i love. Traw says contrary to the stereotype people should be glad there are more legal trained gun owners. Owners. Some people say i dont carry a gun to try to be the hero in the mall but if i had the opportunity to try to save lives i probably would, but im not full of bravado and
For more than 30 years, gay and bisexual men were not allowed to donate blood. But yesterday, that all changed. The fda lifted its lifetime ban allowing men who have sex with men to give blood. Though there are still some restrictions on this new rule. Cbs 2 News Reporter dora miller shows us how the new plan will work, dora . The 12month rule still applies meaning, if youve the past year, youll have to wait to give blood. And because this change is still new, itll take some time to fully it. All blood cells matter. Thats the new ruling after the food and Drug Administration lifted a lifetime ban on gay men donating blood. Blood. They have missed so many blood donations by people who would have liked to have done so. Gay and bisexual men are now under the same category as anyone else who engages in risky behavior. If a man has sex with a man, to donate. Donate. Its a little hard to understand why the fda took so long when the blood banks that are out there, actually doing the work and
Out executive actions he hopes will curb gun violence. In a white house address, president obama says he will tighten existing laws without infringing on the rights of lawabiding citizens. At one point, he was brought to tears as he spoke of the 20 first graders gunned down in their classrooms in newtown, connecticut. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun, wipes tearpauses every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. In his plan, the president hopes to expand background checks by having federal agencies treat all gun sales equally. That means weapons sold at gun shows and online, would be subject to the same background checks as all other gun sales. Percent of sales have no checks at all. All. The president also wants to increase funding for Mental Health care and to hire more atf agents, something that would require approval from congress. The National Rifle association has successfully lobbied congres