爱荷华州得梅因——州长金·雷诺兹周五签署了一项法案，将使爱荷华州的手枪携带许可证和对无证销售的背景调查成为可选措施。
从7月1日起，人们可以在没有许可证或背景调查的情况下，从网站、枪支展览和个人等私人非许可来源购买手枪。人们也将能够携带枪支进入公共场所，如杂货店和商场，而无需事先安全培训或许可证。
雷诺兹在一份声明中说，该法案保护爱荷华州守法公民的第二修正案权利。
她说:“我们永远无法取缔或阻止每一个坏人获得枪支，但我们可以做的是确保守法公民充分享有宪法权利，同时保护爱荷华州人民的安全。”
民主党人反对该法案，称其危险地逆转了常识性的安全措施，这些措施有助于保持爱荷华州比取消这些限制的州更安全。
“雷诺兹州长向枪支游说团体和立法机构中的极端分子屈服，让她的选民失望了，并表明她在公共安全问题上与枪支游说团体站在一起，”爱荷华州枪支安全倡导组织“妈妈要求行动”的志愿者埃里卡·弗莱彻(Erica Fletcher)说。“我们已经看到了当各州削弱枪支法律，枪支暴力上升，人们死亡时会发生什么。”
目前有22个州的法律要求在销售点和/或作为许可证要求的一部分对所有手枪销售进行背景调查，包括目前的爱荷华州。其余各州，包括堪萨斯州、明尼苏达州、密苏里州和威斯康星州，不要求对所有销售进行背景调查。
共和党人雷诺兹过去曾表示支持爱荷华州目前的背景调查和携带手枪的许可。然而，她很少否决共和党同事支持的措施。
该法案仅在3月22日在爱荷华州参议院获得共和党投票通过，当时一名男子正在科罗拉多州博尔德的一家杂货店向顾客开枪。艾哈迈德·阿里维·阿里萨在袭击前六天购买了他使用的鲁格AR-556，他面临谋杀指控。
它在只有一名民主党人支持的情况下获得众议院通过。
通过结束许可证和背景要求，该州将不再检查，以确保一个人从未经许可的卖家那里获得枪支，或者那些携带枪支的人不会因过去的重罪或滥用职权而丧失所有权。该法案还取消了获得持枪许可所需的枪支培训。
从联邦特许经销商处购买枪支的流程没有改变，仍然需要背景调查。
共和党人坚持认为，这项措施承认持有和携带武器是守法公民的基本权利，当更多的人有枪保护自己时，社区更安全。
Reynolds signs gun bill easing background checks, permits
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Friday that will make handgun carry permits and background checks on unlicensed sales optional in Iowa.
As of July 1, people can buy handguns from private non-licensed sources such as websites, gun shows and individuals without a permit or background check. People also will be able to carry a gun into public places such as grocery stores and malls without prior safety training or a permit.
Reynolds said in a statement that the bill protects the Second Amendment rights of Iowa’s law-abiding citizens.
"We will never be able to outlaw or prevent every single bad actor from getting a gun, but what we can do is ensure law-abiding citizens have full access to their constitutional rights while keeping Iowans safe,” she said.
Democrats opposed the bill, calling it a dangerous reversal of commonsense safety measures that have helped keep Iowa safer than states that have lifted such restrictions.
“By caving to the gun lobby and extremists in the legislature, Gov. Reynolds has failed her constituents and made clear that she stands with the gun lobby over public safety,” said Erica Fletcher, a volunteer with Iowa Moms Demand Action, a gun safety advocacy group. “We’ve seen what happens when states weaken their gun laws, gun violence goes up and people die.”
Currently 22 states have laws that require background checks for all handgun sales at the point of sale and/or as part of a permit requirement, including Iowa for now. The remaining states, including Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin, do not require background checks on all sales.
Reynolds, a Republican, has spoken in the past in support of Iowa's current background checks and permits to carry handguns. However she has rarely vetoed measures supported by her GOP colleagues.
The bill passed the Iowa Senate with Republican votes only on March 22 at the same as a man was shooting customers at a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who bought the Ruger AR-556 he used six days before the attack, is facing murder charges.
It cleared the House with the backing of only one Democrat.
By ending the permit and background requirements, the state will no longer check to ensure a person obtaining a gun from a non-licensed seller or those carrying a gun aren't disqualified from ownership due to past felonies or abuses. The bill also eliminates firearms training now required to obtain a gun permit.
The process for buying guns from federally licensed dealers doesn't change and still requires background checks.
Republicans insisted the measure recognizes that keeping and bearing arms is a fundamental right for law-abiding citizens and that communities are safer when more people have guns to protect themselves.
