Oregon lawmakers: close handgun records
May 4, 2009: "The Oregon House has overwhelmingly approved a bill to limit public release of information about concealed handgun permit holders.
The measure was endorsed Monday after supporters said making that information public would jeopardize the personal safety of concealed handgun permit holders." Read the full article here.
Lawmakers back closing of handgun records
April 15, 2009: "A bill to limit public release of information about concealed handgun permit holders is headed for a vote in the Oregon House.
The measure endorsed Wednesday by the House Judiciary Committee was sought by Oregon sheriffs who want to prevent newspapers and others from getting lists of people with concealed handgun permits." Read the full article here.
For state legislators, it's all about concealment
March 12, 2009: "For going on two decades now, the significant government act of granting a citizen a license to carry a concealed handgun has been a public record in Oregon.
In all that time, there's been no documented case, nothing, demonstrating that including concealed handgun information in the state's public records law has caused any real harm to the holders of those licenses.
Yet Oregon lawmakers of both parties are rushing anyway to exempt the concealed handgun records from public records, throwing a veil of secrecy over the process of granting licenses to carry concealed guns." Read the full editorial here.
$1.5 million for Adams' public records? Huh?
February 25, 2009: "In Oregon, public records are open to everyone and in many cases are free.
So when KATU received a quote of $1.5 million from the city to pull public records from Mayor Sam Adams' office, you can imagine the sticker shock.
It all started weeks ago when the mayor issued a public apology over the scandal involving his relationship with a young intern. During the press conference, KATU requested Adams' phone, calendar and e-mail records from the spring of 2005, when the then city commissioner was developing a relationship with 17-year-old Beau Breedlove." Read the full article here.
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