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This thread (which isn't getting the traffic it deserves)
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=316549
Got me thinking about earlier fights we have had, so I googled and found.
http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=24814
State clarifies access to gun records
By CHRISTOPHER BOBBY Tribune Chronicle
WARREN — News reporters can memorize the names of concealed gun permit holders and publish those names, but reporters can’t write down or record those names in any fashion, according to an Attorney General’s opinion received Tuesday by Trumbull Prosecutor Dennis Watkins.
Watkins asked Attorney General Marc Dann for the opinion in September after a new provision was installed in the state’s open records law.
Watkins admitted he doesn’t see anyway to limit a reporter gaining the information and memorizing the material and publishing it.
‘‘The opinion doesn’t address that and I’m not suggesting limiting anything the reporters or newspapers publish,’’ Watkins said.
Trumbull County Sheriff Thomas Altiere had asked Watkins how his office should proceed with releasing the names of concealed carry gun permit holders to journalists.
Watkins advised the sheriff — and Dann’s office affirmed — the law prohibits journalists ‘‘in any manner of copying the information,’’ which is the permit holder’s name, birth date and county where he or she received the permit or had their license suspended or revoked.
‘‘While I have been an advocate of free and open discourse with, and access by, the press, I am compelled to advance this approach,’’ Watkins wrote in his request to Dann.
Watkins said Tuesday he understands that reporters can’t copy the information supplied by the sheriff, including writing it down, copying it, making an audio recording or photographing the information.
‘‘I appreciate the opinion and getting it quickly. The opinion actually mirrors what I advised the sheriff and the way I interpreted the law,’’ Watkins said.
Watkins originally said he had concerns of criminal or civil penalties or private legal action against Sheriff’s Office employees who release the information based on the law not defining what constitutes a release of the information.
The amendment to Ohio’s concealed carry law became effective in September.
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ok, so they can't record it...but if they publish it we have to turn the heat on fast!
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=316549
Got me thinking about earlier fights we have had, so I googled and found.
http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=24814
State clarifies access to gun records
By CHRISTOPHER BOBBY Tribune Chronicle
WARREN — News reporters can memorize the names of concealed gun permit holders and publish those names, but reporters can’t write down or record those names in any fashion, according to an Attorney General’s opinion received Tuesday by Trumbull Prosecutor Dennis Watkins.
Watkins asked Attorney General Marc Dann for the opinion in September after a new provision was installed in the state’s open records law.
Watkins admitted he doesn’t see anyway to limit a reporter gaining the information and memorizing the material and publishing it.
‘‘The opinion doesn’t address that and I’m not suggesting limiting anything the reporters or newspapers publish,’’ Watkins said.
Trumbull County Sheriff Thomas Altiere had asked Watkins how his office should proceed with releasing the names of concealed carry gun permit holders to journalists.
Watkins advised the sheriff — and Dann’s office affirmed — the law prohibits journalists ‘‘in any manner of copying the information,’’ which is the permit holder’s name, birth date and county where he or she received the permit or had their license suspended or revoked.
‘‘While I have been an advocate of free and open discourse with, and access by, the press, I am compelled to advance this approach,’’ Watkins wrote in his request to Dann.
Watkins said Tuesday he understands that reporters can’t copy the information supplied by the sheriff, including writing it down, copying it, making an audio recording or photographing the information.
‘‘I appreciate the opinion and getting it quickly. The opinion actually mirrors what I advised the sheriff and the way I interpreted the law,’’ Watkins said.
Watkins originally said he had concerns of criminal or civil penalties or private legal action against Sheriff’s Office employees who release the information based on the law not defining what constitutes a release of the information.
The amendment to Ohio’s concealed carry law became effective in September.
[email protected]
ok, so they can't record it...but if they publish it we have to turn the heat on fast!
