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IA_farmboy wrote:
IGO was willing to scuttle any forward progress for reasons currently unknown. Their amendment (and their bill), despite the criticism of ICO's bill for "banning anyone under 21 from getting a permit", would not have fixed with IGO's bill because the Iowa laws against possession of a handgun by those under 21 unless under the direction of their parents in sight was not changed by the IGO bill. What if the kid's an orphan? or kicked out of their home at 18 for whatever reason? The IGO bill would not have fixed that situation.
Show me where it is currently illegal for a person over 18 years to possess a handgun? I took people's word for it for so long but I took a closer look at Iowa Code Chapter 724 for something else and realized that there is no penalty for a person between the ages of 18 and 21 to possess a handgun. I may be mistaken but please point out where in Iowa or federal law that a young adult in possession of a handgun has committed a crime.
724.22 PERSONS UNDER TWENTY-ONE -- SALE, LOAN, GIFT,
MAKING AVAILABLE -- POSSESSION.
1. Except as provided in subsection 3, a person who sells, loans,
gives, or makes available a rifle or shotgun or ammunition for a
rifle or shotgun to a minor commits a serious misdemeanor for a first
offense and a class "D" felony for second and subsequent offenses.
2. Except as provided in subsections 4 and 5, a person who sells,
loans, gives, or makes available a pistol or revolver or ammunition
for a pistol or revolver to a person below the age of twenty-one
commits a serious misdemeanor for a first offense and a class "D"
felony for second and subsequent offenses.
3. A parent, guardian, spouse who is eighteen years of age or
older, or another with the express consent of the minor's parent or
guardian or spouse who is eighteen years of age or older may allow a
minor to possess a rifle or shotgun or the ammunition therefor which
may be lawfully used.
4. A person eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years of age may
possess a firearm and the ammunition therefor while on military duty
or while a peace officer, security guard or correctional officer,
when such duty requires the possession of such a weapon or while the
person receives instruction in the proper use thereof from an
instructor who is twenty-one years of age or older.
5. A parent or guardian or spouse who is twenty-one years of age
or older, of a person fourteen years of age but less than twenty-one
may allow the person to possess a pistol or revolver or the
ammunition therefor for any lawful purpose while under the direct
supervision of the parent or guardian or spouse who is twenty-one
years of age or older, or while the person receives instruction in
the proper use thereof from an instructor twenty-one years of age or
older, with the consent of such parent, guardian or spouse.
6. For the purposes of this section, caliber .22 rimfire
ammunition shall be deemed to be rifle ammunition.
7.
Access to loaded firearms by children restricted --
penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to store or leave a
loaded firearm which is not secured by a trigger lock mechanism,
placed in a securely locked box or container, or placed in some other
location which a reasonable person would believe to be secure from a
minor under the age of fourteen years, if such person knows or has
reason to believe that a minor under the age of fourteen years is
likely to gain access to the firearm without the lawful permission of
the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor,
the minor lawfully gains access to the firearm without the consent of
the minor's parent, guardian, or person having charge of the minor,
and the minor exhibits the firearm in a public place in an unlawful
manner, or uses the firearm unlawfully to cause injury or death to a
person. This subsection does not apply if the minor obtains the
firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person. A violation
of this subsection is punishable as a serious misdemeanor.
