Iowa
Iowa has very few remaining gun violence prevention laws after a major inflection point in 2021, when the state legislature voted to eliminate both its permit-to-purchase and its concealed carry permitting requirement. Just four years earlier, Iowa enacted a Shoot First law. The rate of gun deaths in Iowa has increased over the past decade, more than the nationwide increase. Iowa also sees disparate racial impacts beyond the national average: Black people in the state are significantly more likely to die by gun violence than white people.
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Iowa
#28 in the country for gun law strength
Up from #30 last year