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Bloomington, Indiana Herald-Times Treats Law-Abiding Gun Owners like Registered Sex Offenders!
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
On November 30, 2009, the Bloomington Herald-Times made the following announcement:
“This week, HeraldTimesOnline.com will launch its new gun permit database. You’ll be able to search gun permit records by county, city or town and street."
The Herald-Times has begun receiving calls and emails, and their response is a defiant defense of their online gun permit database.
Anyone who visits the newspaper website will be able to search the number of permits on a given street or neighborhood. Although at this point the names and house numbers are not listed, the newspaper’s website treats law-abiding Indiana gun owners like sex offenders on a searchable database.
It is NRA's firm belief that there is no public good served by the publishing or cataloguing private citizens’ gun ownership information, and that more harm is done by such an action. Law-abiding Hoosiers should not be subjected to the same treatment as sex offenders, and if the newspaper won’t listen to their constituents and customers, then NRA Members and Indiana gun owners should send a financial message by cancelling their subscriptions to the Bloomington Herald-Times.
Please contact the Bloomington Herald-Times to respectfully voice your displeasure at the irresponsible action the newspaper has made
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=5230
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I think people can already go down an obtain that information if they really wanted. They're probably public record. searching for an area of town with the most permits might have advantages. You'll find the area with the most law abiding gun owners and possibly as a result the area with less fellons since they can't get a permit. I see positive uses of a database like that but maybe I'm wrong. If it's not already public record then I guess it's not cool, but I think it is.
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Gun ownership is not matter of public record. What they are doing is probably unconstitutional similar to Maryland requiring anyone purchasing a handgun to sign a paper saying the state police are allowed to review your medical records.
I responded already.
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The response:
Thanks for your e-mail, -----.
To clarify, there are no names in this data base. There are no specific street addresses in this data base. It would be nearly impossible if not totally impossible for anyone to find out private information is included – it’s online behind the paid wall on our web site and is not published in the newspaper. It isn’t unconstitutional or illegal. The information, including all of the names and addresses of the permit holders, was provided to the newspaper by the Indiana State Police because Indiana considers it public information.
Here is a sample of what it is:
Allen Court S Bloomington Monroe 1 G1 - four year personal protection
West Allen St. Bloomington Monroe 1 G4 - lifetime personal protection
W Allen Street Bloomington Monroe 2 G4 - lifetime personal protection
West Allen Bloomington Monroe 1 G1 - four year personal protection
West Allen Street Bloomington Monroe 3 G1 - four year personal protection
10 results found
We recognize and agree that people have a right to obtain a personal protection firearms permit.
We support the 2nd Amendment, just as we support the 1st Amendment.
Mayer
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haha bad guys will know which blocks not to fvck with.
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haha bad guys will know which blocks not to fvck with.
..and which ones are ripe for the picking. the point of concealed carry laws is that criminals don't know who is armed. the same is true for home defense.