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WEBVTT >> WHEN I’M SHOOTING, I’M IN THE ZONE. YOU THINK ABOUT NOTHING ELSE. TODD: JIMMY TRAN AND HIS FRIEND JESSICA PEDERSEN SPENT A FEW HOURS TODAY AT THE CROSSROADS GUN RANGE IN JOHNSTON. IT’S A COMBINATION OF FUN ENTERTAINMENT AND SERIOU PRACTICE. >> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO PROTECT YOURSELF? >> VER IMPORTANT. >> I HAVE SIX CHILDREN AND A HUSBAND WHO TRAVELS IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME. >> THEY ALSO THINK IT’S TODD: THEY ALSO THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO ADD GUN RIGHTS TO IOWA’S CONSTITUTION. >> IM IN THE MILITARY AND I DID SWEAR AN OATH TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION FROM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ENEMIES, SO TO ME, HOLD THAT TO HEART. TODD IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC TO A LOT OF VIOLENCE. >> I AM SURE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF IOWANS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THE ISSUE WHO WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED. TODD: STATE SENATOR BRAD ZAUN HAS SPENT YEARS TRYING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO INCLUDE GUN RIGHTS HE’S FURIOUS WITH IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE PAUL PATE. PATE ADMITS HIS OFFICE FAILED TO PUBLISH DETAILS OF THE AMENDMENT LEGISLATION LAST YEAR. SO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS MUST NOW START AGAI IN AN EMAIL TO KCCI, PATE SA HE "DEEP REGRETS THE OVERSIGHT AND SAYS, I’M TRULY SORRY." ZAUN SAYS IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON. >> VERY DISAPPOINTED AND VERY ANGRY. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO START

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The long process of adding gun rights the Iowa Constitution must begin again due to a mistake at the Iowa secretary of state's office.Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said Monday that his office forgot to publish official details of the Legislature's plan to amend the Iowa Constitution.Pate apologized, but gun rights supporters said are not happy with the mistake."I have six children and a husband who travels so (gun rights are) important to me," said Jessica Pedersen, of Ankeny."I'm in the military and I did swear an oath to defend the Constitution from foreign and domestic enemies, so to me, I hold that to heart," Ankeny resident Jimmy Tran said.More than 280,000 Iowans have a permit to carry a handgun, but the permit does not include other types of guns in the state."I'm sure there are going to be a lot of Iowans, literally thousands of people who worked on this issue, who are going to be very disappointed," said Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale.Zaun spent years trying to amend Iowa's Constitution to include gun rights and said he is furious with Pate.Pate admitted that his office failed to publish details of the amendment legislation last year and in an email to KCCI that he "deeply regrets this oversight" and is "truly sorry."Zaun said it is time to move on from the error and start the process again."(I'm) very disappointed and very angry," he said. "Obviously, we have to start all over."Zaun said it takes votes from two consecutive legislators and then a vote of the people before the gun rights amendment can be made to the Constitution. Now, the process will be delayed until 2022.Pate said he will act to ensure the problem never happens again.