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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Ind. Law - "Senate OKs bill on gun permit secrets"

Mary Beth Schneider of the Indianapolis Star is reporting this afternoon:

Gun permit information would be secret under a bill that passed the Indiana Senate today, 45-5.

Senate Bill 195, authored by Sen. Greg Walker, R-Columbus, now goes to the Indiana House, which earlier passed similar legislation.

The bill was aimed at newspapers, including The Indianapolis Star, which has published a database based on gun permit information. The newspapers have not published the names or addresses of those holding the permits, but instead showed readers the number of permits in a geographic area, including by ZIP code.

The Star used the information to study the gun permit process, finding numerous cases where people with violent backgrounds were given permits to carry a concealed weapon, often over the objections of local police.

For background see this ILB entry from Jan. 28th.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 2, 2010 03:14 PM
Posted to Indiana Law