2022 Iowa Amendment 1
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Establishes a fundamental right to keep and bear arms in the Iowa State Constitution. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Source: New York Times[1] |
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2022 Iowa Amendment 1 was an amendment to the 1857 Constitution of Iowa that passed on November 8, 2022, via a statewide referendum concurrent with other elections across the state. This amendment adds a provision to the constitution of Iowa declaring that there is a fundamental individual right to keep and bear arms and establishes that any state laws regarding guns "shall be subject to strict scrutiny".[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Iowa Constitutional Amendment 1 Election Results: The Right to Bear Arms". New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Iowa Legislature - Billbook". Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Iowa Amendment 1, Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment (2022)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ Ramm, Michaela (November 8, 2022). "Iowans approve right 'to keep and bear arms' in state's constitution". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved January 24, 2022.