A new state law will take effect tomorrow that will allow 18, 19 and 20-year-olds in Iowa to be able to carry handguns.
Art Roche is a board member with Iowans for Gun Safety, which opposes the new law. He says the group is concerned it could put more guns, more easily into the hands of people who may not be equipped to use them responsibly.
“We’re not interested in taking guns away,” Roche says. “We’re interested in being very thoughtful and very deliberate and very careful about how we introduce new avenues of gun availability into Iowans’ hands.”…