Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Privacy rights. Illegal v Legal actions.

Cop union aims to shield officers

ALBANY -- The Albany Police Officers Union wants to keep secret the names of any officers who illicitly purchased machine guns through the department years ago....

...Meanwhile, the police officers union, which represents more than 200 officers and detectives, is arguing that the identities of officers who bought the guns should be kept private.


VS

Medford paper sues sheriff to get list of gun licensees

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - The Medford Mail Tribune has sued the sheriff for a list of concealed handgun licenses in Jackson County, hoping to determine how many are held by teachers.

The newspaper said it wants to determine the impact of a ruling in another suit, brought by English teacher Shirley Katz. She has a permit and wants to be able to carry a gun to class.

Sheriff Mike Winters said he would oppose the newspaper's lawsuit, filed last week.



The CCW holders should take the same tack as the VCDL and start publishing the publicly available information of the newspaper writers and editors.

1 comment:

Martin Vennard said...

Hi, I work for BBC World Service radio in London and today (Friday) between 1.30pm and 2pm East Coast Time in the States we will be talking to Shirley Katz live in our international discussion programme, World Have Your Say. She is the Oregon teacher who wants to be able to take a gun to school for her own protection. If you would like to take part in the discussion, please email your phone numbers to martin.vennard@bbc.co.uk or call me on +442085761720.
Many Thanks
Martin Vennard