Treating Gun Owners Like Sex Offenders

By putting their personal info on the web for all to see. "I can hear the shocked indignation of gun-toters already: It's nobody's business but mine if I want to pack heat. Au contraire. Because the government handles the permitting, it is everyone's business. There are good reasons the records are open to public scrutiny. People might like to know if their neighbors carry. Parents might like to know if a member of the car pool has a pistol in the glove box. Employers might like to know if employees are bringing weapons to the office." Shame on the Roanoke Times. Last Sunday, its columnist Christian Trejbal published an online database of registered concealed handgun permit holders in the New River Valley [VA] area under the sanctimonious guise of 'Sunshine Week'." A wonderful service to local burglars, too.