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Ok, as a grown up, I am just going to put this topic to rest. I do this kind of thing quite a bit, so sit back and relax.

So far, the ONLY people that have been interested in getting access to this information regarding who has a concealed hand gun permit in this state has been a reporter in Medford, a few follow-up reporters locally and one or two producers looking for a story to fill some air time. That is it. Not one other social person has chimed in as interested in knowing about the subject at all.

Ok, well... NOW it is a a story.

Sure, reporters looking to verify information on whether or not a shooter in an incident might have a permit to carry concealed or not might want to have access to the database to verify their story, ok, got it. (I'll go ahead and handle this people, this one is on me.) No, You can't have access. There, done. End of discussion. Ok, yeah, got it, remember the part where I said no?

I know it stops a reporter from verifying a point in a story. Got it, I am not really interested in the problem at all. Need a solution? Try this, (again, free of charge) ASK the person you are covering to see his or her card. If you are doing a story and want to know if the person has a permit to carry concealed, ask them. If she he or she has a permit, I promise you, the permit is on them 24/7. It is the law. Carrying concealed and NOT carrying your permit is prima facia evidence that you do not have a permit and you will be in hella trouble. Every carrier of this permit knows this law cold. (It's on the test.)

So I agree with the rest on this page. It serves no public good to allow this information to be open and available to the public. The only people who seem to be interested in this topic are news reporters that rely on verifying the information they report.

Check this out.

As far as I know, the really cool lady next door to me does NOT have a concealed weapons permit. (Ok, verified, she is really cool, she does not have a concealed weapons permit, again verified, she is hella cool,) She DOES, however, have a SWEET 45 revolver that she keeps next to her bed as she is a single woman and hella cool. (Absolutely true)

Here is my point, there are people in your neighborhood that own guns and they do not have a permit to carry them concealed. They have guns, only you do not know about them. You hopefully never will. These gun-owning people are safe from exposure. They had the common sense not to go down to the Sherrif's office to get themselves finger printed. Only those people that have been verified as law abiding members of our community need to be identified and exposed. Is that what we are saying?

Ok, I think my job here is done.

posted 3 years, 5 months ago
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