What Happened To CCW Holders Outed By A Newspaper In 2008

[Robb]

In 2008, the North Coast Journal printed the names of Humboldt County's CCW holders on its front page -- 641 names in a montage graphic -- accompanied by an article called "Pistol Packing People".

The graphic with all the names of CCW holders looked like this:


The following week, the Journal printed an editorial called "Unconcealed", defending its publication.

Though many people have since argued that we have “painted targets on the backs” of permit holders, we simply fail to see how this is the case. Idle minds can conjure all sorts of fantastic scenarios, but we have yet to see any evidence of anyone singled out or targeted by bad guys as the result of their permit becoming public. (Yes, other newspapers have done such stories before.)

And if you are against a list of concealed weapons permitees on such grounds, why wouldn’t you be twice as concerned about the vital records — the obituaries, etc.? Where would a newspaper-scanning thug be more likely to find soft targets?

Surely, if these permit holders were irreparably damaged in 2008, we would've heard about it by now? If they were put in such grave danger, if any one of them were subjected to the horrors imagined in this thread, wouldn't that case be elevated and spread far and wide to make the point?

Or is the arm-waving about The Journal News doing the same thing in 2012 just a bunch of hooey?

[safeinOhio]

1. Good point.

but some gun owners got real scared.

[RC]

5. Now there's something new...

Paranoid gun owners.

[Robb]

6. And conspicuously absent, too.

[onehandle]

2. I heard they all got their guns stolen from them. So now they don't have guns.

Sucks to be them.

[Robb]

4. Problem solved, I suppose.

[PDJane]

3. The fact that they get scared isn't unusual.

The amount of harm is the point, and it seems to me to be debatable.

[otohara]

7. Threats On Journal News FB Page by Responsible

gun owners.

I keep hearing that gun owners are "responsible" but you wouldn't know it by the many frightening posts on The Journal News FB page. It doesn't matter what story they post, the gun folks are not letting up with some pretty vile and scary posts.

It's no wonder they have armed guards around the building.

If I worked there, I'd be terrified.

Behold the words of responsible gun owners: http://www.facebook.com/LoHud?ref=ts&fref=ts