If gun owners want to preserve their Second Amendment rights, they must not vote Democrat.
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ROB SAND LIES – THE LIES AND THE SOURCES THAT SHOW THE TRUTH
PAID FOR BY DONALD BOHLKEN
The Iowa Democratic Party platform is rabidly anti-gun. It protects mass shooters by opposing any guns in schools for teachers or police. Incredibly, they want police totally out of schools! The Democrats kept their platform secret from the public. A whistleblower at www.bleedingheartland.com recently outed it.
They are so pro-criminal that they want to eliminate long standing Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground laws. Repeal of these laws would mean you have to retreat from criminal attack both when you are in your home and outside it. This places the defender in a situation where they may be shot while attempting retreat.
The Democrats attack Second Amendment rights by burdensome regulations like expensive education, testing, and liability insurance requirements.
2026 Iowa Democratic Party Planks on Firearms:
“We oppose: . . .
257. Guns on school-grounds including employees/SROs.
258. SROs being stationed inside schools. (SROs are police school
resource officers).
Gun Safety
We support:
332. Banning assault-style rifles/high-capacity magazines/automatic weapon kits.
333. BCE/FERPO Acts.
334. Gun violence prevention programs.
335. Requiring recurring firearms-education/competency-testing/ liability-
insurance/ safe-storage/ reporting lost/stolen weaponry.
336. Establishing firearm-free zones.
We oppose:
337. ‘Stand-Your-Ground’/’Castle-Doctrine.’
338. Open Carry.”
Source: https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/10/15/the-iowa-democratic-
Partys-2026-platform-democracy-in-action
Rob Sand pretends to be like a Republican. But Sand says he likes gun control, prefers a “may issue” concealed weapons permit system, supports universal background checks, and claimed that ending the state handgun purchase background check “will get Iowans killed”.
Firearms homicides were reduced after the check was eliminated. A “may issue” permit system would restrict the right to bear concealed arms to those whom the sheriff favors. It would destroy decades of fighting to restore our right to bear arms. Universal background checks make you a criminal if you buy a gun from a cousin or a friend. On Simon Conway’s WHO Radio show, Rob Sand did say he supported Red Flag laws. But, Sand had no problem with AR-15s, magazines and suppressors. Based on their platform, that position may evaporate if Democrats take control of the legislature.
Sources:
a. https://who13.com/news/rob-sand-announces-run-for-iowa-governor/
(Sand: "here’s a candidate who. . . likes to hunt . . . and owns guns,
including handguns, they’d go, ‘Oh, Republican.’ Nope, that’s me").
b. https://x.com/RobSandIA/status/672254391148089345?s=20 (Sand: “I like
my . . . gun control”).
c. https://x.com/RobSandIA/status/1157799074332106752?s=20 (Sand
supports “universal background checks . . .”)
d. https://therealrobsand.com/__l5e/assets-v1/6b698304-fdb5-49ff-8f72-
aa3b4f97d94a/sand-gun-tweets.png (End handgun check “get Iowans killed”).
e.
https://wisqars.cdc.gov/reports/?o=MORT&y1=2018&y2=2024&t=0&i=3&m=20890&g=19&me=0&s=0&r=0&ry=0&e=0&yp=65&a=ALL&g1=0&g2=199&a1=0&a2=199&r1=INTENT&r2=YEAR&r3=NONE&r4=NONE (2020-24 homicides). https://icrime.dps.state.ia.us/CrimeInIowa/Report/AnnualTrendReport .}(2025
).
f. https://whoradio.iheart.com/featured/simon-conway/content/2026-10-13-
92-simon-conway-rob-sand-10132026-the-simon-conway-show/ (interview
with Simon Conway).
NRA Ratings:
Governor: Zach Lane (R): AQ (AQ – based on survey).
Rob Sand: (D) C.
Attorney General: Brenna Bird (R): A.
Nate Willems (D) F.
U.S. Senate: Ashley Hinson (R): A+.
Josh Turek (D) C.
U.S. House of Representatives: Marianette Miller-Meeks (R): A.
Christina Bohannon (D): F.
State legislative candidate ratings are available at:
https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/iowa
Gun owners, protect your rights. Don’t vote Democrat.
Donald W. Bohlken lives in Indianola
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