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 06.12.09
" EUGENE REGISTER GUARD" REPORTER SEEKS CHL HOLDERS' PRIVATE
INFO. SHERIFF REFUSES. |
As
you probably know, a bill
intended to safeguard the privacy or CHL holders was eviscerated
by House Rep
Judy Stiegler.
After forcing through amendments
to neuter the bill, it passed the House and was sent to the
Senate Judiciary Committee. There it was further weakened
and then sent to the Senate Rules Committee, with the apparent
intention of having it die there so Senator Ginny Burdick
could take
credit for killing it.
Although the amended bill did virtually nothing for license
holders, many sheriffs across the state have stepped up on their
own to protect license holders, and with good reason.
Here you can see a letter
sent by Sheriff Russ Burger of Lane County, to a reporter for
the Eugene Register Guard. The Guard is the latest in
a long list of media outlets who are attempting to gain access
to private information on license holders. We applaud the Sheriff
for standing up to this most recent attack on the privacy of
gun owners.
The reporter who requested this private information is Jack
Moran.
Telephone: 338-2373, E-mail: jack.moran@registerguard.com
It's become clear that because of Stiegler's efforts to gut
the very good bill sponsored by Kim Thatcher, the Oregon legislature
will not have the courage to pass needed legislation to protect
gun owners from the snooping of reporters, and others who have
obtained these lists for fund raising purposes, but we are pleased
to see some sheriffs standing up for gun owners in their counties.
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