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Newspaper chain plans 'state-by-state' concealed weapon databases
Fox News ^ | January 24, 2014 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 01/24/2014 1:01:03 PM PST by Timber Rattler

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.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendement; bang; banglist; ccw; ccwdatabase; civitasmedia; concealedweapons; database; guncontrol; gungrabber; privacy
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To: Timber Rattler

Most of the company’s publications are rural daily and weekly newspapers in the South and Midwest. Most of their readers would have a harsh response. I’m sure those papers are already hearing from angry subscriber.


21 posted on 01/24/2014 2:00:37 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Timber Rattler
"However, we have no plans to publish any lists or databases of people’s names on conceal and carry."

Civitas Media, according to its website, employs more than 1,400 people and publishes 35 daily and 63 weekly publications for a combined circulation of more than 1.6 million.

can we say database?


22 posted on 01/24/2014 2:31:47 PM PST by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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To: Timber Rattler

Once Obamacare is well up and running someone will hack the records and we’ll have an abortion and rape victim database...the stupefied masses will find it certainly more selatiuos than the concealed carry database. Just wait.


23 posted on 01/24/2014 3:10:40 PM PST by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Kenton

I wonder if a newspaper someday will post the names of everyone who had an abortion in the last 10 years.


24 posted on 01/24/2014 4:00:48 PM PST by ScottLA37
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