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29 December 2010

Press-Citizen (Iowa City)

Beginning Monday, the state will change its policy for obtaining permits to carry guns, taking the discretion out of the hands of Iowa's sheriffs and making it far easier to obtain the permit. Months after the Legislature voted Iowa would be a shall-issue state, Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek said he still has serious reservations about the implications of the change and what it's going to mean for the community. "I think we're going to see more and more... (GunPolicy.org)

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