Between Two Rivers

Between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Between the Iowa and Cedar. Between the Des Moines and Skunk. I've lived or worked by them all. (Except the Missouri - that one doesn't count.) And fought floods against two of them more than once.

Monday, January 21, 2013

Gun appreciation rallies in Iowa

In Cedar Rapids:



More than 600 people attended a rally outside the State Capitol in Des Moines.

"Any assault on a part of the Bill of Rights is an assault on the entire Bill of Rights. When we swear an oath of office as an elected official, I don't get to pick and choose which parts of the Constitution I want to uphold. I have to uphold it in its entirety," says Rep. Tom Shaw from District 10.

Meanwhile over in the freedom paradise called Illinois:
As Gov. Pat Quinn and other Illinois Democrats vow to pursue a statewide ban on assault weapons, some of those same guns were on sale Saturday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.
``... You put a body kit on a Ford Pinto, it doesn't make it a Ferrari.'' - Nathan Hoefs of Lincoln, describing civilian versions of military rifles.

strandediniowa at 6:30 AM

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