REGIONALâBig changes to state gun laws will only create small impacts in NâWest Iowa, according to firearm instructors and law enforcement officials.
While Iowans will no longer need a permit to purchase and carry handguns, those without a permit still have to pass the federal background check to buy a gun at a store and the policy would only apply within state borders.
Because Iowa already has lax firearm regulations, area firearm trainers and law-enforcement officials said they do not expect much to change.
âThere are guns everywhere. There are a lot of gun permits that have been issued. We issue lots of them,â said Lyon County sheriff Stewart Vander Stoep. âThe ones that are getting gun permits, theyâre law-abiding citizens who are not trouble.â
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Mayor Ruthanne Fuller said she first learned about a gun shop planning to open at 709 Washington St. about two weeks before city councilors, according to an email she sent April 29.
Many members of the City Council, including President Susan Albright, said they only found out about the firearms dealer after receiving emails from worried constituents about rumors they had heard.
“During the week of March 29, NPD [Newton Police Department] moved forward the paperwork on the application and I first learned that a gun store was proposed for Washington Street,” she said in the email. “Internal discussions began focused on the approval process for firearm sales licenses and what powers and options we have as a city.”
Selling firearms and related accessories through e-commerce poses a unique challenge to vendors selling products online. Complex compliance issues are present in each transaction.
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