A bill recently signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds allows gun owners to carry without permits. State Senator Amy Sinclair voted in favor of the bill, and tells KNIA/KRLS News that this has caused misleading and inaccurate information to arise, and that background checks are still performed.

“There’s a lot of misinformation floating about that says there’s no longer background checks, or that any person with a mental health condition or someone with felony convictions could carry without a permit. That’s just inaccurate. All of those laws are still in place. In fact, background checks are still a requirement. So to say that just because Iowa now has the option for law-abiding gun owners to carry without a permit in no way eliminates those other checks and balances in our system of laws related to firearms.”

Hear more about the latest in the Iowa Legislature on today’s Let’s Talk Knoxville.