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    | IA: Iowa gun law concerns some sheriffs Submitted by: 
			
Mark A. Taff
 Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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    | Some Iowa sheriffs say an increase in the number of non-professional permits to carry handguns, coupled with new or recent gun laws in the state, have increased safety risks in their counties.
 
 They point to provisions in the new Iowa Omnibus Gun Law, adopted this year, that decreases the punishment for carrying a firearm while intoxicated and increased the ability to use a stand-your-ground defense when firing a gun at someone else.
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    | They can't point to any actual problems. 
 The only real problem is that some liberal hack went looking to write a story showing the new gun law in a bad light.  This story never should have been written.
 
 The reason that they have shall issue is because, just as in every other state with may issue, the issuing authorities denied carry permits to people without any valid reason.
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