Opinion ID: 2226649
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Heading: Iowa Code section 724.4(1) provides:

Text: Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who goes armed with a dangerous weapon concealed on or about the person, or who, within the limits of any city, goes armed with a pistol or revolver, or any loaded firearm of any kind, whether concealed or not, or who knowingly carries or transports in a vehicle a pistol or revolver, commits an aggravated misdemeanor. However, that section does not apply to the following: [a] person who goes armed with a dangerous weapon in the person's own dwelling or place of business, or on land owned or possessed by the person. Iowa Code § 724.4(4)(a). Under those provisions, a person carrying a concealed firearm violates the prohibition on carrying weapons unless such act occurs on the person's own property. [1]