(Des Moines) On Thursday, Representative Tom Moore (R-Griswold) of House District 21 voted to support a constitutional amendment to protect Iowans’ right to keep and bear arms, helping pass it through the Iowa House.
HJR-4 would ensure Iowans’ right to keep and bear arms is constitutionally protected by adding the following amendment to the Constitution, “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The sovereign state of Iowa affirms and recognizes this right to be a fundamental individual right. Any and all restrictions of this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny.”
“Iowa is one of only six states that currently have no language in its Constitution that protects the fundamental right to keep and bear arms,” said Moore. “This legislation would give Iowans the opportunity to state explicitly and unequivocally that their right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon by any future Legislature or overzealous Justices that are hostile to the Second Amendment.”
The amendment was passed in 2019 and, upon a passage in the Senate, will be on the ballot in 2022 to give Iowans the final say.
