This is a discussion on City Published Personal Information of Some Gun Owners within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Unbelievable. How would you like to have your name, address, and reason for applying for a carry permit published on the city website? And then ...
Unbelievable. How would you like to have your name, address, and reason for applying for a carry permit published on the city website? And then linked to by the Drudge Report?
[Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections] posted on its website Lawrence's full name, address and the specific reasons he wanted the permit - along with an interactive map to help users find their way to his doorstep.
GUN SHY: City published personal information of some gun owners
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Oh that happened in my area -- WRAL publishes CCP's
And our response -- Grass Roots NC response
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A perfectly good reason why you should not be required to have a permit. This would never have happened if the Government did not have access to those names.City Published Personal Information of Some Gun Owners
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Give them my address and I'll be glad to welcome them.
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Are all the city workers' names and addresses posted for the public?
Bet not!
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Anyone who reports such information should also have their information published online.
Let the criminals know that they either A. have weapons worth stealing or B. have no weapons to defend themselves with and are ripe for the picking.
Something seems wrong with the story. "For residents, the applications are handled by their county sheriff's office, with the exception of Philadelphia where they are handled by the Gun Permits & Tracking Unit of the Philadelphia Police Department."
I put part in bold. Carrying a Concealed Firearm/Gun in Pennsylvania The story however refers to information released by, " the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections."
Maybe that is journalistic malpractice. Maybe there is another angle on the story. The city really shouldn't and
wouldn't normally be involved in these matters.
"Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."
John Adams. Second President of the United States.
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"...............shall not be infringed"
"One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation."
--Thomas B. Reed, American Attorney
Second Amendment -- Established December 15, 1791 and slowly eroded ever sinceWhat happened to "..... shall not be infringed."
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I work for a city, and my name, age, and salary are posted in the paper every so often. My address is not thankfully.Originally Posted by sdprof
I dont know much on the topic, so i'm only speculating.... I would imagine that the laws that allow this information to be public are similar to the laws that keep radar detectors legal. Freedom of information / public information etc...
Either way, publishing a name and address for a carry permit list is garbage. Thats just bad karma. I would hate for my name to be published in association with a permit application.
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Yeah, they don't post a list of all criminal's names, address, and what they are guilty of doing.
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Release of that data is prohibited in FL. That it happens in many "Anti" municipalities does not surprise me. If they won't respect your 2A rights, why would you expect them to respect any privacy rights either?
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I believe that criminal information is a matter of public record. If you go to your counties website and look up the court pages, you will find the dockets. You can usually search by name also and get the disposition of the case, sentencing etc...
A few years ago, an anti-gun newspaper in Roanoke published a database of concealed carries in ENTIRE state Virginia. Needless to say they were blasted for doing it....& after a couple pf weeks they took it down.
Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.-Seneca
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Absolutely appalling and reprehensible. They basically just gave everyone, including criminals, a list of where to find gunowners.
I can't wait until the NRA crawls up Philadelphia's you-know-what sideways over this.
And that's the general response about publishing CC permit data--it's public record. FL took the extra step to make it not so.
Paranoia strikes deep, into your heart it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... "For What It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield
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