NC TV station publishes searchable permit holder list

[henktermaat]

Remind you of Bloomington?

Quoted from NC's pro-2A org, GNRC:

On Thursday, WRAL-TV published an article on its site entitled “Rural areas lead in concealed weapons permit rates.” Unfortunately, within the article a section entitled “Find concealed carry permit-holders in your area” contained a database of permit-holders searchable by address, potentially revealing to criminals the homes from which firearms may be stolen.

WRAL web editor Kelly Hinchcliffe responded to complaints by insisting that permit information is public record, ignoring the fact that obtaining it requires a written request to the State Bureau of Investigation. Moreover, although the names of permit-holders were not disclosed, the partial address information (including apartment numbers), particularly on small streets, makes it possible for criminals to target specific homes for theft.

http://www.ncgunowners.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11522&pid=164069#pid164069


WRAL story:
http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/story/11295888/

The searchable map:
http://www.wral.com/news/state/page/11228410/

 

[nemo97]

Maybe these gun owners should start screaming about their right to privacy or somehow come up with a good comparison between keeping your guns as private as a woman's right to "choose."

 

[Kirk Freeman]

They won't be happy until people, women with stalkers, those with protective orders, inter alia are dead and then they have something else to report.

They need to be in prison for this nonsense.

AND Indiana's statute needs to be reinforced. E.g. making disclosure of those with a LTCH a minimum mandatory felony and make it retroactive.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

So is the prohibition on ex post facto laws only for the Constitution?