An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Wrong On So Many Levels
Blue Collar Muse is one of my favorite people. He’s a good guy, on the side of RIGHT, as opposed to wrong. When I read this on his site…..well, being a lady, I can’t type here what came to mind.
Commercial Appeal Publishes Access to Concealed Carry Permit Database
To the extent they fulfill their mission of reporting the news, newspapers are an incredible community resource. They provide an invaluable service in informing the community of Who is doing What and When and Where it took place. That’s news. There’s even a place for the Why of the story. That’s what Op-Ed pages and sections are for.
Problems crop up when news organs such as newspapers stray from reporting the news or even interpreting the news into being the subject of the news. The Memphis Commercial Appeal would appear to have veered significantly from their mission to report the news to what would seem to be some form of political activism with their decision to post access to the State of Tennessee’s database which contains information about the men and women across the state who have applied for and received a license to carry a concealed weapon.
Who gave the Commercial Appeal the go ahead to publish PRIVATE information? Where is it said that newspapers have the right to put people in danger? The whole purpose of concealed carry is for protection, yet these weasels could very well be putting the permit carriers in danger, but other innocents if the information fell into criminal hands for the purpose of theft.
Blue Collar Republican also has a post concerning this fiasco.
They treat us as if we are criminals when all we did was go through the process to be able to carry a handgun on our person.
Perhaps it would make more sense for the Appeal to make personal information available about REAL criminals, those who are running roughshod over the city of Memphis. You know, the gang bangers with criminal records a mile long, the thieves, child molesters, and yes, even the politicians!
Amendment II – A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Those who choose to go through the training, apply, and receive their CCP are part of that ‘well regulated militia’. What the Appeal has done is an infringement.
[...] was definitely invasive and should not be posted. Blue Collar Muse covered the story as well as The Ol’ Broad. This is getting a ton of play around the state and hopefully the Communist Appeal with recognize [...]
Yes, Austin is very upset about this one. Now I personally am a proud HCP holder and I don’t care who knows it. My Glock Model 22 (40 cal) makes a very BIG impression under my sweat shirt, so anyone seeing me away from home knows I carry a cannon on my belt. The 15 round clip and two-backups gives me all the firepower I need to face any challenge that life in Memphis may have to offer.
Mine is just a little girly thang, but I’m pretty sure it would do the trick, if the need ever arises.
Of course, we live out in Podunk, so we don’t have the problems that Memphis is dealing with…..yet.
I find the invasion of privacy beyond annoying, though. I don’t think medical records should be readily available to the general public either. OR the freakin’ gubmint. But hey, that’s just me.