DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An influential Iowa Republican legislator says he opposes gun legislation that would allow authorities to take firearms away from people deemed a threat to themselves or others.

Sen. Jake Chapman said Thursday he will oppose efforts to pass so-called red flag legislation in Iowa despite national support for such a move by President Donald Trump and Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley. Congressional proposals would provide money to states to implement such laws.

Chapman, an assistant majority leader, says it violates the concept of innocent until proven guilty by forcing people who lose their gun rights to prove to a judge they’re competent. He says it would deny law-abiding gun owners due process rights.

The Iowa Legislature under Republican leadership has significantly loosened gun restrictions in recent years. Chapman says increased mental health care is a better answer but added sometimes there’s little government can do to stop someone intent on harming others.

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A northeastern Iowa man has been found guilty of torturing the family dog — an act prosecutors say he had videoed to make his children watch.

The Buchanan County Attorney’s Office says in a news release that a jury on Thursday convicted 42-year-old Jason O’Neil Johnson, of Independence, of animal torture. Prosecutors say Johnson held down the dog, named Daisy, in May and repeatedly beat her with a belt and closed fists for chewing on a pair of sunglasses Johnson had left out. Prosecutors say Johnson made his son record the beating to send to his other children as a warning of what happens when they failed to securely kennel Daisy.

Johnson faces up to two years in prison when he’s sentenced at a later date.

Authorities in northeast Iowa say one person is dead as a result of a plane crash in the northeast Iowa town of Sumner. KWWL-TV reports investigators say the crash happened this morning along Main Street outside a local convenience store. The pilot clipped a number of power lines on his way down. The crop duster didn’t crash into any buildings, though. Officials say nearby residents also reported seeing a large fireball after the plane hit the ground. Investigators are currently are on the scene and additional information is expected to be released as soon as it becomes available.

(KCRG-TV/Radio Iowa) — Cedar Rapids began using its automated traffic cameras on Interstate 380 again on July 1st after a two-year shutdown. The city has since found errors in some of the nearly 6,000 citations sent out in the first four days of operation Cedar Rapids city administrators said tickets would only be issued for drivers going more than 66 miles an hour — but Doug Wolcott told K-C-R-G T-V-9 he got a ticket even though he was under the level set. “I couldn’t believe it,” Wolcott says.

Wolcott says the ticket showed he was going 60 in the 55 zone and was he was surprised the ticket was even sent out. “I got to looking at it and it was only five over — I didn’t think that was the case,” Wolcott says. Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman told K-C-R-G T-V-9 that Wolcott was one of 12 drivers who got tickets but shouldn’t have. Chief Jerman says all of the data goes to the camera vendor, Gatso, for processing and is then sent to the Cedar Rapids Police Department. An officer then makes a decision to send out a citation. “When you have the human element mistakes can be made,” Jerman says.

Chief Jerman said the 12 citations will be dismissed. “We strive for 100 percent — but if we don’t meet 100 percent we’re going to admit our mistake and take corrective action necessary,” according to Jerman. Cedar Rapids City Council member Ashley Vanorny says the ticketing process is not perfect and encouraged anyone with concerns to contact officials. “Regardless of whether someone is here as a commuter or they’re here as a resident, we need them to speak up. And we’ll continue to work on that process to make sure we’re holding up our end of the bargain,” Vanorny says.

Data for the rest of the month of July is still being processed. The city said there could potentially be more tickets issued by mistake and that anyone who receives a ticket they feel was wrongly issued should contact the police department.