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Iowa law does not:
- Prohibit individuals ineligible to possess firearms under state law from possessing ammunition;
- Require a license for the purchase or possession of ammunition; or
- Require a license to sell ammunition.
Regulation of Unreasonably Dangerous Ammunition
Iowa generally prohibits any person from knowingly possessing any bullet or projectile containing any chemical compound or mixture designed to explode or detonate upon impact.1
Iowa generally prohibits the possession of any shotgun shell or cartridge containing “exothermic pyrophoric misch” metal as a projectile, which is designed to throw or project a flame or fireball to simulate a flamethrower.2
The federal prohibition on certain kinds of armor-piercing ammunition also applies.
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