House debates gun rights, domestic abuse

O. Kay Henderson

A state legislator whose family runs a gun shop wants the state to give victims of domestic abuse a sales tax credit for buying a gun to defend themselves, but House members have rejected that plan. 

Representative Matt Windschitl, a Republican from Missouri Valley, is a former Marine.  He is a trained gunsmith, too, and Windschitl works at the family business, the Double Barrell Shooters Supply in Missouri Valley.  Windschitl also wanted to create a new state fund that would help finance self-defense classes for domestic abuse victims.  He’d charge convicted domestic abusers a new, $500 fine to bankroll that training.

Source: Radio Iowa

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