IGO trying to tank the omnibus bill this year is nothing new.  They have a habit of trying to kill NRA/IFC bills.

In 2011, IFC and NRA were pushing something called the NIAA bill, or NICS Improvement Amendments Act, SF456.

This was a carefully crafted piece of legislation designed to restore gun rights to folks who had lost them for mental health reasons but had gotten better, chief among whom are veterans with PTSD issues.

You'll note the bill number was SF456 short for Senate File 456 - the bill originated in the senate.  At the time, the GOP had taken over the house in Iowa just after the 2010 midterms, but the senate remained under Democratic control.  That situation remains the same today.  So it's vitally important that any bill be able to get past the senate.

SF456 passed the senate 50-0 thanks to the hard work of IFC and NRA educating everyone about why the bill was a no-brainer.

When it came time to vote on the bill in the House, along comes IGO's stooge Rep. Tom Shaw with an amendment to tack on constitutional carry.

Any amendments to the bill would have to be approved by the senate.  The senate had already passed the bill, and if it passed the house unchanged it would go to the governor's desk.

Now,  knowing that the senate was under democratic control, adding constitutional carry language would have killed a good bill even though constitutional carry would pass the house.  A perfect example of a poison pill amendment.

But good bills don't matter to IGO, they want to force votes so they can tell you that all of the republicans are anti-gun.  The amendment was ruled non-germane, and Rep. Shaw moved to suspend the rules to consider the amendment.

The motion to suspend the rules failed 91-6, thankfully.

IGO then turned around and used that vote to decry many solid pro-2A Republicans like Rep. Matt Windschitl, who is THE 2A legislator in Iowa.  Bar none.  You can read all of Aaron Dorr's whinging here.  A small sample:



Starting to get the picture?  Rep. Windschitl was quoted on the topic by a MN blog covering Aaron Dorr's brother Chris:



These miserable fucks can't manage to get any of their own bills out of subcommittee, so they have to play tricks and try to tank other bills.  If they'd actually try working with the WHOLE legislature like NRA and IFC do, they might get somewhere.  But instead they have one or two legislators doing their bidding, and they get nowhere because they're the type of people who couldn't make friends with a puppy.

It's a good thing the amendment failed, because the underlying bill was a great thing.  From IFC's 2011 2011 year in review:



And a bit more from IFC about the IGO shenanigans in 2011:



It all boils down to this: if IGO can't have everything, he/they/it would have nothing at all.

Even if it means screwing veterans.

I've only gotten into gun rights in the last few years, but wow.  I despise them for their antics last year, let alone this year.  But all that, I'm sure you guys that have been around a while have a white hot hate for them.  Lol

What fuels my rage is when I happen to stop by a gun show and there are 3 or 4 people working a booth for IGO and they are screaming at me about how what ever item they are zeroed in on that year would send me to jail instantly if I made a mistake.  Or something like that.  They hand out 'petitions' which are nothing more than a vehicle for them to get your address phone and email so they can bug you once a week or more about giving them money.  This year was stand your ground.  I think syg is an important issue.  But they only had one person to prop up as the guy who went to jail for SYG.  The guy in question didn't go to jail...he stayed in lock up because he wouldn't post bail.  I don't know why he wasn't released on his own recognizance because I don't know him or the story.  He didn't get convicted of a crime though.  This didn't stop the pushers at the gun show from smashing fear down every person who walked by's throat about how if they defend themselves outside the home they will surely go to prison.  Even now the cool aid is strong.  I see it all the time when something about omnibus is mentioned some one comes out of the wood work and says yea but what about SYG.  It is like the house talking about abortion and someone constantly screams GMO's are evil.  In this instance yes they are both gun related but we need to know what things should be lumped together in a passable palatable interface and what things will instantly kill all conversation.

I am tired of IGO.  At the next gun show local here I want to get a table right next to IGO where I talk about the evils of IGO.

Lol, so pathetic.   They will never pass even a single piece of legislation on their own.

the real irony?  the NIAA bill honors veterans and anyone labeled PTSD so they have a pathway back from the removal of their rights.  that's the core of the bill.  why in the hell they'd rail against it you ask?  that's their mode - OPPOSE ANYTHING NOT THEIR AGENDA...  that's how they raise funds.

also, it should be noted the NIAA bill was passed UNANIMOUSLY in both house and senate...

As someone who recently moved back to Iowa, I wish IFC had better visibility.  I got most of my Iowa-related firearms legislation information from IGO because that's who I saw yelling on Facebook.  Having checked out the Hometown forum, I have a better understanding of the situation and more or less ignore IGO now and look to IFC to stay informed.

THT, here is your mission.  Go to IGO's Facebook page on your PC: https://www.facebook.com/likeiowagunowners/likes

Off to the right you will see "So and so and so and so like this"

Contact those people, and ask them if they know the truth about IGO.  Don't berate them, start gentle and then lay on the facts.

This can spread like a virus...

Not a single person on my FB friends list likes IGO.  I apparently keep good company.

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