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Arkansas panel advances bill on gun list

Posted: February 5, 2013 - 1:01pm
David Bailey, managing editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, left, testifies in opposition to proposed legislation that would make secret the list of Arkansans permitted to carry concealed handguns as Dennis Byrd of Stephens Media listens during a meeting of the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The bill passed in the committee. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
(AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
David Bailey, managing editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, left, testifies in opposition to proposed legislation that would make secret the list of Arkansans permitted to carry concealed handguns as Dennis Byrd of Stephens Media listens during a meeting of the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The bill passed in the committee.
By Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK — A Senate committee has advanced a bill to make secret the list of Arkansans permitted to carry concealed handguns.

The Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved the measure from Republican Sen. Bruce Holland of Greenwood. The legislation would exempt the concealed carry information from the state's Freedom of Information Act. Current law only allows the names and ZIP codes of permit holders to be released.

The current law is the result of a compromise struck in 2009 after legislators originally backed making the entire list secret.

Holland says he filed his proposal in response to a New York newspaper that published the names and addresses of permit holders last year after the Connecticut school massacre. The bill now heads to the full Senate.

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lachowsj
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lachowsj 02/05/13 - 06:04 pm
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I hope

I assume law enforcement officers would have access to this information if it is necessary in the course of their duties. By the way, as a supporter of reasonable gun safety laws and universal background checks, I don't think that New York newspaper did our side any favors.

fdsjfsdjfsda543543543
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fdsjfsdjfsda543543543 02/05/13 - 07:42 pm
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What are the gun nut jobbers

What are the gun nut jobbers afraid of?

And where do I go get this list before it becomes top secret info?

arkansasobserver
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arkansasobserver 02/05/13 - 08:34 pm
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fds:

I'll leave the lights on for ya.
:-)

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