Dave Dembinski
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Arch said:Although they probably obtained that information under the FOI act (I don't know if it's publicly available, or what the system is there), it is still a massive instrusion of your own personal privacy. Morally there is no difference between publishing that you have a CCW permit, or publishing your school records. I'd be surprised if there isn't some sort of privacy clause to protect that information from being published in a public medium. Hell, if child molesters can protest their rights when their deatails are published in public sex offender databases, I'm pretty sure you can take some legal action against that news rag.
Cheers.
Actually, they got that information because it's part of the Ohio CCW laws that the press can have it. I believe there's a stipulation that the press can have access to it as long as it's not abused, but I'll give you one guess at how likely it is that part will be remembered.
The Plain Dealer in my area does the exact same thing. Unethical? Absolutely. Immoral? Sure. Illegal? Not yet.