http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/02/29/house-democrats-have-left-the-iowa-capitol-in-protest-in-an-undisclosed-location/

Iowa House Democrats this morning left the Capitol in protest of two gun bills the Republican majority had planned to debate today that critics contend would make the state part of the “Wild, Wild West.”

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused House Leader Linda Upmeyer of failing to properly inform legislators about planned debate today on the bills. The short notice hindered Democrats from offering amendments to improve the bills, McCarthy said.

But Upmeyer, R-Garner, shot back this morning that Democrats did have adequate warning, and suggested their flight from the Capitol was an attempt to make a political scene.

“Iowans didn’t send us down here just to do easy stuff,” she said. “The Second Amendment is a question that many Iowans would like placed before them. I don’t know why they’re afraid to have a debate on a subject just because they don’t like the subject. That seems ludicrous to me.”

One bill would alter the state constitution to specifically include gun rights. Another would rewrite the law on “reasonable force” so that a person may use force — including deadly force — against someone who they believe threatens to kill or cause serious injury or who is committing a violent felony.

 

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Nobody cares about Iowa. You cant really blame Iowa Democrats for feeling the same way. I've been to Iowa. Leaving is a good sign of intelligence.

The West wasn't really wild.

 

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This, the worst violence during that time was in cities where the law disarmed the public

 

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This thread makes me sad.

I am sad that the Iowa Democrats aren't manning up and doing the jobs they were elected to do and are instead wasting the time and money of the citizens of Iowa by fleeing the state.

I am sad that the Iowa Repubes are wasting the time and money of Iowa citizens with stupid gun bills SINCE GUNS ARE ALREADY FUCKING LEGAL.

Just plain sad.

 

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"Shall not infringe"

Shall misquote

 

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Guns are legal. It's their use that is being debated.

 

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And it's stupid and a waste of time, money and resources to even be debating it. It's election year pandering to the NRA because these dumbasses have to show the NRA that they're severely pro-gun for the NRA to release campaign money to them.

And there are about a million less stupid problems likely facing Iowa other than the fact that it is not (yet) legal to walk around downtown Des Moines with an uzi strapped to one's balls.

But let's ignore all of that and concentrate solely on the Dems for their procedural move (which I agree is also stupid).

 

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