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Newspaper chain plans 'state-by-state' concealed weapon databases
foxnews ^ | 01/24/14 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 01/24/2014 10:08:28 AM PST by Doogle

A national newspaper chain with nearly 100 publications and 1.6 million readers is considering building “state-by-state databases” on concealed weapons permit holders, according to an internal e-mail.

The plan, laid out in an email from a top editor at North Carolina-based Civitas Media, could be similar to a controversial project a New York state newspaper carried out in 2012 which included an online map that identified gun owners in two counties by name and address. Civitas' database project was detailed the plan in a Jan. 19 e-mail to newsrooms in 11 states, including Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

The newest project "examines the explosion of ‘conceal and carry’ gun permits across the U.S.,” wrote Jim Lawitz, Civitas’ director of content, in an e-mail first obtained by the Buckeye Firearms Association. “Through public records act requests, we will attempt to build state-by-state databases that list those who have the right to carry a concealed weapon.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: again; banglist; ccwdatabase; ccwpermits; civitasmedia; concealed; concealedweapons; privacy
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To: Doogle

National newspaper chain? Hardly. National liberal propaganda and activism chain would be more accurate.


41 posted on 01/24/2014 10:56:39 AM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: Doogle
“Through public records act requests, we will attempt to build state-by-state databases that list those who have the right to carry a concealed weapon.”

Each of the states that issue CCW permits has the very database he's talking about. They already exist. Expending any further effort on this fool's errand is superfluous; the states already have these lists. They obviously don't need anybody like this jackwagon to "assemble" them.
42 posted on 01/24/2014 10:56:55 AM PST by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: Doogle

They count readers by how many copies they print.


43 posted on 01/24/2014 11:01:46 AM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: Doogle

44 posted on 01/24/2014 11:03:36 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: usconservative

Well played.


45 posted on 01/24/2014 11:05:47 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Doogle
Thanks for posting....

If my house gets hit I will hold each and every one of these pukes personally responsible....

46 posted on 01/24/2014 11:07:16 AM PST by Envisioning (It's the Jihad, stupid......)
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To: Doogle

“Through public records act requests, we will attempt to build state-by-state databases that list those who have the right to carry a concealed weapon.”

No big deal, that would include just about everyone legally in America who is 21, 18 in some states, who has not committed a felony or been found to be dangerous to themselves or others. We basically all have the right, many don’t choose to exercise it and others have forfeited it.


47 posted on 01/24/2014 11:10:05 AM PST by duffee (NO poll tax, NO tax on firearms, ammunition or gun safes. NO gun free zones.)
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To: Black Agnes

Yes I believe they did and we will sue them into bankruptcy!


48 posted on 01/24/2014 11:12:43 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
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To: Doogle

—————Original Message—————

From: douglas (redacted FR post)
Date: Jan 24, 2014 11:11:19 AM
Subject: publishing data base of concealed gun permits
To: MBush@civitasmedia.com
Cc: JLawitz@cititasmedia.com

Mr. Bush:

If your group follows through with the idea of publishing information about those with concealed carry permits, will you allow me to run an ad in your newspapers that identifies the name and address of those among your 1400 employees that do not have such a permit? That would be a very lucrative ad for you.

...Doug


49 posted on 01/24/2014 11:13:23 AM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: Black Agnes

I recall that several states made it illegal to publish such list.


50 posted on 01/24/2014 11:13:27 AM PST by duffee (NO poll tax, NO tax on firearms, ammunition or gun safes. NO gun free zones.)
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To: Doogle; harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; blackie; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; wku man; ...
According to this article , this little project has been shelved... for now. Seems that the geniuses who thought this up didn't take into account little inconveniences like state privacy laws and such.

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

51 posted on 01/24/2014 11:15:47 AM PST by Joe Brower (The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
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To: Joe Brower

Wow, THAT was quick!!!

Leftists are like cockroaches: when the lights are off, they come out and raid the fridge, but when the light gets turned on them, they scurry back into their holes.


52 posted on 01/24/2014 11:23:38 AM PST by Old Sarge (TINVOWOOT: There Is No Voting Our Way Out Of This)
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To: Doogle
I hope they slated extra time for Florida.....’cause they're gonna need it.
53 posted on 01/24/2014 11:25:06 AM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Doogle

Just remind the perpetrators of one thing: We know (or can find out) where you live!


54 posted on 01/24/2014 11:31:56 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: NFHale

They may be unarmed but their bodyguards won’t be. Cowards.


55 posted on 01/24/2014 11:41:42 AM PST by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Joe Brower
THIS is the Leftist that crafted the internal memo outlining Civitas Media's intent:

Jim Lawitz - Director of Content

Most recent role was vice president and editor of the Las Cruces Sun-News.

He has worked for Cox, Tribune, Scripps, MediaNews and independent publishing companies.

And here's his memo:

TRANSLATION: "We're Sorry We Got Caught..."

56 posted on 01/24/2014 11:48:53 AM PST by Old Sarge (TINVOWOOT: There Is No Voting Our Way Out Of This)
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To: Doogle
I wonder, have the CEOs of this media 'giant' contacted a security service to protect their editors the way that newspaper wound up doing last year?

You know, armed guards parked outside their expensive homes 24/hrs a day?

Because only people who are rich enough or important enough, like they are, deserve to be protected with firearms, right?

57 posted on 01/24/2014 12:06:06 PM PST by servo1969
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To: Doogle
It would be more useful to compile a list of people who are forbidden to carry a gun but carry one anyway.
58 posted on 01/24/2014 12:13:32 PM PST by JoeFromSidney (itYe)
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To: duffee

Maine is one of those states that made it illegal to publish such a list, after the Bangor Daily News tried to obtain such a list last year for “research purposes.”

There was a big uproar here in Maine, and many democrats joined the republicans who voted to make it illegal to release the names of conceal-carry permit holders.


59 posted on 01/24/2014 12:18:22 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (The Second Amendment makes all the other amendments possible)
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To: Smokin' Joe

I believe you’d wind up with more volunteer help than could be used in compiling the data on the personnel at these papers engaged in this action.

Should be fun watching them squirm.


60 posted on 01/24/2014 12:48:40 PM PST by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
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