Quoted: As has been said already, Iowa is much friendlier regarding firearms than Illinois is. Things could be better here, of course, but it's better than a lot of other places.
If you're interested in the Quad Cities area, you might want to consider living in Muscatine County which is on the south border of Scott County--where Davenport and Bettendorf are. Muscatine County is one of the few in Iowa where you can get a concealed carry permit.
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Not sure where you are getting that information. Many counties allow CCW.
According to Packing.org, something like 50 Iowa counties are virtually "shall issue".
26 counties are difficult to obtain CCW permits, and 23 are impossible.
It is virtually impossible to get a permit in Scott county.
Avoid Davenport if possible. It's city government is very corrupt.
You cannot call the local police department and talk to anyone because their phone
is always busy. Granted, you can call 911, but there are times you would like to
report suspicious activity that might not really be an emergency.
The Davenport police department is severely understaffed.
What is the city doing to fix the problem?
City councel threatened to lay off police and fire department employees.
The threat came after the public objecting to being taxed for rain water runoff.
City councel proposed the tax, saying federal law required it.
It was discovered it was a total lie, but the government already budgeted the new tax money
and started spending it before it was collected. When the public objected, city councel
said that in order to make up the difference in revenue, they would have to fire police officers.
Davenport built a "sky bridge" that was supposed to lead to a riverboat casino that doesn't
even dock around it anymore. So the multi million dollar project gave the public a bridge to nowhere.
The public said it was a waste of money before it was built, but city council thought it would
be an attraction. Bullshit.
The city of Davenport voted and we are now being forced to have special garbage cans for
"automated" trash collection. A special truck will be able to automatically pick up these
special trash cans, thus eliminating employees. Sounds good, but it will never work.
These trash cans will be expensive, and subject to being stolen, vandalized, etc.
Davenport is erecting red light and photo-radar cameras at intersections across the city
as fast at they can. The city doesn't care about the constitution, and who do you think will
feel the impact when the supreme court decides these are illegal? Two courts in nearby states
have ruled them illegal. But Davenport is blind because all it sees is dollar signs.
My advice is to avoid Davenport like the plague.
The city councel is ignoring the public.
I moved here 9 months ago.
Eldridge is WAY to expensive.
Bettendorf is a good city, but so is Riverdale, Park View, Pleasant Valley, Princeton,
LeClaire, etc.
I tried to find a place in the country, but there just wasn't anything available.