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Arkansas Senate passes bill to make gun-permit records private
Source: Reuters
Arkansas Senate passes bill to make gun-permit records private
By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas | Wed Feb 6, 2013 9:51pm EST
(Reuters) - The Republican-controlled Arkansas state Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would exempt from public disclosure the names and zip codes of gun owners, those with permits to carry concealed guns and permit applicants.
The bill comes in response to the controversy late last year over a New York newspaper's decision to publish the names and addresses of thousands of gun permit holders on its website after a shooting rampage at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school that killed 20 children and six adults.
The Journal News, which serves suburbs just north of New York City in Westchester and Rockland counties, pulled the information from its site last month.
The Arkansas bill, which passed the Senate 24-9, now moves to the state House of Representatives, which is also controlled by Republicans. Governor Mike Beebe, a Democrat, has said he opposes the bill because it restricts the state's Freedom of Information Act.
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By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas | Wed Feb 6, 2013 9:51pm EST
(Reuters) - The Republican-controlled Arkansas state Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would exempt from public disclosure the names and zip codes of gun owners, those with permits to carry concealed guns and permit applicants.
The bill comes in response to the controversy late last year over a New York newspaper's decision to publish the names and addresses of thousands of gun permit holders on its website after a shooting rampage at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school that killed 20 children and six adults.
The Journal News, which serves suburbs just north of New York City in Westchester and Rockland counties, pulled the information from its site last month.
The Arkansas bill, which passed the Senate 24-9, now moves to the state House of Representatives, which is also controlled by Republicans. Governor Mike Beebe, a Democrat, has said he opposes the bill because it restricts the state's Freedom of Information Act.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/07/us-usa-arkansas-guns-idUSBRE91603U20130207
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...the paper's management changed their mind about that map when a certain group published names and addresses of the paper's staff on the internet.
...as they say. 
...hired ARMED security to protect those in their offices
...nice touch if a bit ironic. 
