My ex-wife is from Iowa. I met her when I moved there in `93 to visit an old Navy buddy for the summer.
I was always under the impression that the Midwest was full of good ol' boy farmers and very conservative God-fearing folks.
And I met quite a few people like that and ended up living there for several years after marrying a red-headed princess.
But, I also met quite a few folks who the only gun they owned was a pump 12ga for pheasant and deer.
I also worked at the old Maytag plant in Newton, IA which is where I was introduced to union thugs and their hypocrisy. I was told that I needed to support Democrat politicians because they protected the union and it's workers.
I argued for hours with my union co-workers that the very Democrats that they were voting for were philosophically opposed to the very things they held dear to their hearts such as hunting, gun rights, hot rodding, and property rights. Despite giving several examples of how the people they were blindly voting for were actively trying to restrict their rights, I could not get through their thick skulls.
It was maddening.
I eventually could not take the awful weather, the smell, the lack of wilderness, and the frankly weird and ignorant people and moved my wife and kids back to Idaho and eventually Arizona.
And that Maytag plant and the company was sold to Whirlpool and shut down. All of those idiot union people lost their jobs, and apparently still vote for Democrats.
Found out today on another gun forum that Iowa passed a law that required citizens to get a permit from their local law enforcement agency to buy any handgun.
Purchase of Firearms-Iowa – Firearms
America's Heartland, my rear-end...
I think the last holdouts of real Americans will be in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and some Southern states.
I was always under the impression that the Midwest was full of good ol' boy farmers and very conservative God-fearing folks.
And I met quite a few people like that and ended up living there for several years after marrying a red-headed princess.
But, I also met quite a few folks who the only gun they owned was a pump 12ga for pheasant and deer.
I also worked at the old Maytag plant in Newton, IA which is where I was introduced to union thugs and their hypocrisy. I was told that I needed to support Democrat politicians because they protected the union and it's workers.
I argued for hours with my union co-workers that the very Democrats that they were voting for were philosophically opposed to the very things they held dear to their hearts such as hunting, gun rights, hot rodding, and property rights. Despite giving several examples of how the people they were blindly voting for were actively trying to restrict their rights, I could not get through their thick skulls.
It was maddening.
I eventually could not take the awful weather, the smell, the lack of wilderness, and the frankly weird and ignorant people and moved my wife and kids back to Idaho and eventually Arizona.
And that Maytag plant and the company was sold to Whirlpool and shut down. All of those idiot union people lost their jobs, and apparently still vote for Democrats.
Found out today on another gun forum that Iowa passed a law that required citizens to get a permit from their local law enforcement agency to buy any handgun.
Purchase of Firearms-Iowa – Firearms
America's Heartland, my rear-end...
I think the last holdouts of real Americans will be in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and some Southern states.
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