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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...

Letter to Sandusky Register Editor Matt Westerhold

12:10am Monday, July 02, 2007

We know it was far from the only one mailed to Editor Matt Westerhold, but the Sandusky Register has finally published a single letter to the editor about their irresponsible release of private information on CHL-holders on their website: Cost some business After years of advertising my rental units and selling numerous items in your classifieds, the Sandusky Register has chosen to list my name...

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Senate committee protects trace data security - Bloomberg loses a round

12:05am Monday, July 02, 2007

NRA-ILA welcomed the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee's action [Thursday] to reinstate language commonly known as the Tiahrt Amendment into the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill. The amendment, offered by Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), passed with broad bipartisan support. This language would keep sensitive firearm trace information in the hands of law enforcement and out of...

What is the harm in publishing lists of concealed handgun license holders?

by Ken Hanson

6:06pm Thursday, June 28, 2007

By publishing lists of persons who have obtained concealed handgun licenses, newspapers such as the Sandusky Register have taken private, non-public record information and made it public. Specifically, because of their actions, the general public may now know who owns and may or may not carry a gun. Additionally, the general public now knows who is not carrying a gun in their day to day...

It's About Privacy (& the Sandusky Register Secretly Employing Sex Offenders)

2:46pm Wednesday, June 27, 2007

By Ken Hanson Sandusky Register Editor Matt Westerhold, apparently with a straight face, published an editorial today entitled “It’s about the secrets, not about the gun owners” . Apparently hoping we forgot his history at the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram , where he attacked gun owners' privacy in similar fashion, Mr. Westerhold bemoans that he did not seek this fight, but at the same time he would...

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? (Who will guard the guardians?)

6:05pm Tuesday, June 26, 2007

In a recent editorial , the Sandusky Register argued that ALL government information should be public and appears to support the idea that government shouldn’t be able to keep some information private. This argument is a red herring, designed to mask an anti-gun political agenda that involves targeting citizens who have a legal concealed handgun license (CHL) by publishing their name, age, and...

Another gun on ''gun-free'' college campus

12:05am Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Late last week, the Associated Press reported that police had found a loaded gun in the car of a man accused of threatening a woman on the Shawnee State University campus in Portsmouth, Ohio. What the AP did NOT note is that this was yet another example of how impotent gun ban laws are at stopping violent criminals. Click 'Read More' for the story. From the target=_BLANK>story: Portsmouth...