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                                                               February 12, 2010
Dear Members and Friends of Iowa Gun Owners,

Yesterday you received our email alert where we told you about the outrageous conduct of Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal. The full story, including photos of the incident, are included below.

We also have included a pre-written email that we are asking you to send to Senator Gronstal. We forgot to include his email address however and are happy to provide it to you here:

mike.gronstal@legis.state.ia.us

So please, if you have not already done so, read the alert below, and then contact Senator Gronstal and express your outrage! Feel free to let your own elected officials know as well.

For Freedom,

Aaron Dorr
Executive Director
     Betrayed!


Voters in the Council Bluffs and Carter Lake area today were slapped in the face by their State Senator, Mike Gronstal.

For a long time Senator Gronstal has told the voters in his district what he's recently been telling representatives of Iowa Gun Owners: I'm pro gun.

Knowing that he says he's pro-gun and knowing that he's received an A+ endorsement from a national gun group, not to mention the fact that he took money from that organization, one would think that he would be quick to help us pass our REAL Right-to-Carry bill.

What a faulty assumption!

After approaching him two weeks ago to ask him for his direct support to move our Senate version of the REAL Right-to-Carry bill (S.F. 473) out of committee and onto the floor for a vote and getting a noncommittal answer, we approached him again today.

This time we brought with us hundreds of petitions that many of you signed at our gun shows in Council Bluffs (this is Sen. Gronstal's district so these petitions were signed by his voters) or through the mail that you've received from us. We brought these to him to show him that you - the voters in his district - want him to represent you and support the 2nd Amendment.

We presented these petitions to him and respectfully asked him to help move this bill and guess what he did with your petitions: he threw them on the floor!!!!

That's right; at the Capitol, in the rotunda, in front of a hundred people. His actions spoke loud and clear on what he thinks of your 2nd Amendment rights. He thinks its trash - not even worth looking at!

Further, he made it very clear what he thinks of your right to petition the government for redress of grievance when he threw your wishes on the floor without even looking at them.

This is outrageous! Senator Gronstal may be the Senate Majority Leader and one of the most powerful men in Iowa, but he was put in that position by the voters of Senate District 50.

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dl_schneider:
For those that aren't aware, Aaron Dorr and Iowa Gun Owners have been trying to get a bill passed that would be more of an Alaska/Vermont style carry bill. Their tactics have been threatening and they have a very small chance of their bill seeing the light of day.

There is also a bill that was written by the NRA, and supported by Iowa Carry, that will provide shall issue and reciprocity for the state of Iowa. This bill has made it out of subcommittee as a "shell bill" before yesterday's funnel and the finishing touches will be made in committee. This bill has a very good chance of passing and Governor Culver has said if it reaches his desk, he will sign it.

I don't want to tell anyone who they should support, but personally, I do not like the tactics used by Mr. Dorr and his organization. I feel that Iowa Carry is acting in a much more professional manner and that is why the NRA came on board to help the state and work with Iowa Carry to get this bill written. If you haven't done so already, please stop over at IowaCarry.org and read their bill and learn what they are doing to help those in Iowa.

Gunscribe:
I don't give a crap how anyone feels about any organization. By denigrating one organization over another detracts from the egregious act by a servant of the people.

What needs to happen is both of these groups need to team up with as many other grassroots (of any issue) in the state and go after this scum sucking Statist. 

Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal needs to be held accountable for his complete and utter disregard for his constituency.

Make an example of one and the rest will start responding favorably to the will of the people the are paid to represent.

 

Dan W:
Alaska/Vermont style freedom was attempted along side the CCW bills in Nebraska for many sessions before the current law passed.

I believe that Alaska/Vermont concealed carry should be our goal over the long term. But in my years of fighting this battle I have recognized that an incremental approach is effective too.

I do think that both strategies need to be vigorously exercised. In fact I think that the hard liner may make the middle road easier to navigate.

Core principals must be honored. The uninfringed right to keep and bears arms must be our goal. 

 

DanClrk51:
Indeed Dan W. we have to continue to fight for the uninfringed "right to keep and bear arms". Maybe Iowa Gun Owners' tactics have not been very polite, but lawmakers that deny you your right to keep and bear arms are not abiding by the law of the land and are a threat to your liberties as well as your safety.

Arizona and Wyoming are considering REAL right to carry this year by removing the requirement for a permit to carry concealed. Wyoming has already passed the measure in their House.

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