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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Revisiting Two Previous Posts, Revived by Recent Events

On March 14 and March 22, I blogged about the Roanoke Times publishing a list of CCW permit holders in one particular portion of the greater Roanoke area (after reading about it at Common Folk Using Common Sense).

From the March 22 post:

"If you didn't read the original post, J.R. Dunn, at American Thinker has a more in-depth article on the inability of the Liberal press to respect the rights of lawful citizens.

From Dunn's article:"...As reported by Michelle Malkin and others, the Times on March 11 ran an editorial titled "Shedding Light on Concealed Handguns" announcing that it was publishing a list of everyone in Virginia's New River Valley possessing a concealed carry permit."

Now what other city lies within the New River Valley? Blacksburg, perhaps. Just 37 miles from Roanoke. Less as-the-crow-flies.

When the Roanoke Times gleefully exposed law-abiding citizens, that had submitted themselves to police background checks and finger-printing, did they consider others than carry without a permit, folks such as Cho Seung-Hui?

[I don't know why that name jumps out at me, there is just something about it.]

To shamelessly steal something from Dr. Phil - "Hey Roanoke Times - That report you did on CCW holders - How's that working out?". Did it stop any crimes? Did it take any guns "off the street"?

Just curious.

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Posted by: on-the-rocks / 11:19 AM
Comments:
Wow.

You are never ever going to get the guns out of the hands of those who want to use them for carnage. Never. So why then do we demand to disarm the victims? In all the years of press releases and statements from the Brady anti-gun organization there has never been one single gun control plan presented that would take the guns out of the hands of criminals. This is the irony of gun control: only law abiding people are going to abide by gun control laws; criminals are not.

Excellent observation.
# posted by Blogger Mark : 1:06 PM
 
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