Bloomington, Indiana Herald-Times Online Gun Registry......

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From the NRA


http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=5230

Bloomington, Indiana Herald-Times Treats Law-Abiding Gun Owners like Registered Sex Offenders!

Tuesday, December 01, 2009


On November 30, 2009, the Bloomington Herald-Times made the following announcement:

“This week, HeraldTimesOnline.com will launch its new gun permit database. You’ll be able to search gun permit records by county, city or town and street."

The Herald-Times has begun receiving calls and emails, and their response is a defiant defense of their online gun permit database.

Anyone who visits the newspaper website will be able to search the number of permits on a given street or neighborhood. Although at this point the names and house numbers are not listed, the newspaper’s website treats law-abiding Indiana gun owners like sex offenders on a searchable database.

It is NRA's firm belief that there is no public good served by the publishing or cataloguing private citizens’ gun ownership information, and that more harm is done by such an action. Law-abiding Hoosiers should not be subjected to the same treatment as sex offenders, and if the newspaper won’t listen to their constituents and customers, then NRA Members and Indiana gun owners should send a financial message by cancelling their subscriptions to the Bloomington Herald-Times.

Please contact the Bloomington Herald-Times to respectfully voice your displeasure at the irresponsible action the newspaper has made.

Scott Schurz, Sunday Hoosier Times/Editor-in-Chief
(812) 331-4250
Sschurz@heraldt.com

E. Mayer Maloney Jr., Publisher
(812) 331-4251
Mmaloney@heraldt.com

Bob Zaltsberg, Editor
(812) 331-4364
rzaltsberg@heraldt.com

Quite a few interesting comments regarding this: http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/comments/cmt.php?sto_uri=L3N0b3JpZXMvMjAwOS8xMi8wNy9uZXdzLn FwLTI4OTE0Nzcuc3Rv


If your a subscriber to the H-T there is more info on this http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/srch.php?terms=guns&x=0&y=0

[ryno]

It’s not really surprising. Bloomington is one of the most liberal towns in this state, mostly thanks to IU. A friend of mine said that last year he thought his was one of the only houses in the city that had a McCain sign in the front yard instead of the exalted one.

[MeC86]

I went to Indiana University. Ryno isnt kidding when he says Bloomington is one of the most liberal places in the country.

A couple of my friends are police officers down there and they tell me that same paper never runs a single positive article about the local PD, spinning every bit of news to the liberal tune.

[Streck-Fu]

As an Indiana permit holder, I find this sad, pathetic, and a little irritating. I've been thinking about having the wife get her permit and this may motivate me to press the issue to bump up the street average.:lifter

[Pete]

As an Indiana permit holder, I find this sad, pathetic, and a little irritating. I've been thinking about having the wife get her permit and this may motivate me to press the issue to bump up the street average.:lifter


And armed street is a safe street. The list can work both ways.

Pete
Just wondering about putting up yard signs that say so-n-so and so-n-so homes are gun free zones. Bet that would make the libs on the street wet their pants.