Let's see how long this one lasts.
Which is why, according to the Constitution, it shouldn't be.
The "editorial writer" in question is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota (!, lots in common with Virginia there) with a major in philosophy (another !). I thought editorial writers were supposed to have been around long enough to have gained some perspective and experience of the real world. Apparently not.
The Roanoke Times Removes Database of Handgun Permit HoldersMarch 12, 2007 — The Roanoke Times has decided to remove the online database of registered concealed handgun permit holders from its website.
The newspaper is requesting the Virginia State Police, which provided the information, verify the data.
“When we posted the information, we had every reason to believe that the data the State Police had supplied would comply with the statutes. But people have notified us that the list includes names that should not have been released,” said Debbie Meade, president and publisher of The Roanoke Times. “Out of a sense of caution and concern for the public we have decided to take the database off of our website.”
The database was posted on roanoke.com on Sunday as part of a New River Valley editorial page column about open records. This column, as well as others that will be published this week, is part of a special focus on Sunshine Week, a national initiative to raise awareness about open government and freedom of information.
I wonder if the writer will publish a list of welfare and food stamp recipients in the name of "sunshine".
Here is a working link to Michelle Malkin's article:
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007050.htm
The idea is this: if unknown good guys are carrying weapons, the bad guys won't readily know who is and who isn't packing. The deterrence: they'll be afraid to do violence to anyone.
This means that conceal and carry is fundamentally safer for everyone than simple carry is.
Plus, it doesn't make the unarmed sheeple as nervous.
BTTT
Christian Trejbal and other sex offenders obviously feel unfair treatment. He wants to be able to go out and buy a permit to commit sex offenses instead of committing them surreptitiously.
In the same spirit of openness, somebody needs to post the arrest records and medical records of every employee of the Roanoke Times. I want made publicly known every drunk driver and every editor with Herpes. While we are at it, let's publish who failed to pay child support and who failed to repay their student loans.
We are sheep. The "right" to carry a firearm is no longer a right and has been made a "privelege" because some genertation before mine gave that right away a long time ago. If you need a piece of paper to exercise a right, then it isn't a right. I don't need a permit to speak.
Stinking bastards at the Roanoke Times. I hope everyone cancels their subscriptions.
This only partially correct. It was a list of all of the concealed handgun permit holders in the state. all 135,000 + of us.
Already here. Lawful gun owners in Massachusetts must register with the Massachusetts Criminal History System Board and may not move without notifying the state. Liberals get a big yuk out of this.
So will the same editor publish the names of people with AIDs who've been treated at government hospitals?
Or people who've had abortions...or is this new "sunshine" policy only about the Right while keeping the Left in the dark?
Note that the paper never said they had permanently pulled the database which allows one to search by last name and city for permit holders and gives their address and date of permit/expiration date, as well as other info.
They only 'pulled it to verify its accuracy'.
Keep in mind that in the northern part of the state, close to D.C., there are people in a variety of professions who relate to our National Security who may have permits and who may not generally make their street addresses known.
If anyone had been paying attention, these people, as well as those who may have been hiding from a range of threats such as gangs, terrorist organizations, rabid ex spouses, stalkers, etc. may have had their home's location compromised. Not to mention the fact that every person in the database who has been researched is now a known gunowner and a potential target for everything from daylight burglary to liberal crackpots.
True. They might also want to know if the guy driving is a homosexual. Some parents of girls don't want them alone with a man; similarly, parents of boys might not want them alone with a gay man. Since the default is heterosexual, it's obvious (using the editor's logic) that homosexuals need to register with the state and those records made public. A website would be a nice touch, too.
How about "Because you have a license plate, or a phone number or an SSN" we publish that? I might advocate some sort of "Don't get mad get even" kind of response but Freepers are more civil than that.
Let's see how long this one lasts.
I have a CCW permit and I NEVER carry a gun in the car. This is idiotic.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The author is simply begging to have someone publish every scrap of public information available about him...
What's the over-under (in minutes) for a FReeper to upload a screenshot of his home from Google Earth?
There are plenty of reasons people choose to carry weapons: fear of a violent ex-lover, concern about criminals or worry that the king of England might try to get into your house.I guess he's saying that CCW holders might be nutters. But the author isn't taking sides? Right.