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Sandusky Register on Privacy: What's good for me not good for thee

12:05am Monday, July 09, 2007

By Chad D. Baus During the last week of June, Sandusky Register Editor Matt Westerhold launched an all-out assault on the privacy and security of approximately 2,700 concealed handgun license holders in several Northern Ohio counties by publishing their private information - information which Ohio legislators have deemed confidential. In doing so, Editor Westerhold unilaterally made this...

All Politicians are not the Same - an Interview with Governor Ted Strickland

12:15am Friday, July 06, 2007

By Gerard Valentino Buckeye Firearm’s Chairman, Jim Irvine, is fond of saying that all politicians are not the same, despite people’s belief to the contrary. As proof that not all politicians are the same, Buckeye Firearms Association has set up interviews with pro-gun legislators, and other elected officials who believe strongly in the right to bear arms. Thankfully, our current governor, Ted...

Register 'doing it for the readers' - who keep saying they don't like it

12:10am Friday, July 06, 2007

The Sandusky Register has been extremely stingy on the number of letters to the editor published in response to its privacy-invading actions. But to date, each and every letter published has been supportive of gun owners. Does anyone believe The Register would be holding back letters supporting their position if they were receiving them? The following three letters appeared in the Thursday, July...

CNSNews.com: Ohio Newspaper Under Fire for Outing Gun Owners

9:32am Thursday, July 05, 2007

The Cybercast News Service has published an excellent story informing its national audience about the privacy-invading actions by The Sandusky Register , and about the response by gun rights groups in Ohio. From the story: An Ohio newspaper's decision to publish the non-public records of concealed carry permit holders drew a strong response, and one gun rights advocacy group published personal...

Former Trooper to Editor Westerhold: ''That's no public service''

3:34pm Wednesday, July 04, 2007

July 4, 2007 Sandusky Register Choya Hawn, 51, Erie. That is how my name appears on the Register's Web site along with the names of the other holders of Concealed Carry Permits issued by Erie County. Since you are convinced the public needs to know such information, allow me to expand. I am a 27-year veteran of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. I have served 21 years as a certified firearms...

Independence Day 2007

by Rick Jones

3:00pm Tuesday, July 03, 2007

With the upcoming holiday, let's look at what it might mean to some people…a day off with pay, just a day off, family, friends, cookouts, reunions or just a day to lounge and watch the fireworks. As for me, I think of our Constitution, our founding fathers, our Bill of Rights, our military men and women who are performing their duties to protect our freedom. “FREEDOM”. We say it often, exclaiming...

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Think the Register got too much private info? Records prove they wanted MORE

12:10am Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Ottawa County Sheriff Robert Bratton has posted The Sandusky Register 's June 6 request for the list of concealed handgun license-holders on the official website of the Ottawa County Sheriff. The request letter reveals that the Sandusky Register didn't stop at asking for the private information allowed journalists in the media access loophole. Rather, the newspaper asked for the home address of...

Stop New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Anti-Gun Crusade!

12:05am Tuesday, July 03, 2007

As you know, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is heading a national cabal of anti-gun mayors called "Mayors Against Illegal Guns." The main objective of this coalition is to repeal the Tiahrt Amendment. This critically important legislation protects the privacy rights of law-abiding gun owners, the safety of law enforcement officers, and the integrity of criminal investigations by preventing...