I ran across this today and was stunned. There are some pretty stupid people out there but this for all of the obvious reasons is one of the more stupid ideas I have yet to run across.

I took the time to visit the Commercial-Appeal website … find their contact form and send them the comment posted at the bottom of this article.
You might want to do the same HERE.

The mainstream media wants us to believe that your Right-to-Carry license should be public information, printed and published online for all the world to see. The latest paper to do this is the Commercial-Appeal in Memphis, but they’re not the first and I doubt they’ll be the last. Why on earth reporters and editors want to do something so shameful, so irresponsible and so hateful is beyond me.

You know, normal people don’t get up in the morning and say, “I wonder if my doctor has a Right-to-Carry license?” They don’t wonder, “Is my accountant a Right-to-Carry holder?” They don’t ask because they don’t think about it. The point of legally carrying a concealed firearm is to conceal that. Not because we’re ashamed or afraid, but because it’s nobody’s business.

More and more states are cutting off the media’s access to this information. Virginia sent a bill to Governor Kaine that would bar the media from getting access to the information from the State Police. Arkansas is doing the same thing. And I’m happy to report that Tennessee’s legislature is also considering a bill that would prevent the Commercial-Appeal or any other paper from gaining access to the names of Right-to-Carry holders.

The newspaper standard used to be “all the news that’s fit to print.” Being a Right-to-Carry holder is no more newsworthy than having a driver’s license. If the newspapers really wanted to perform a public service, they’d worry less about the law-abiding and start printing the full criminal record of every person arrested for a violent crime.

Consider joining the NRA.

Comment to Commercial-Appeal:

Your idea of posting the names, addresses etc. of people who are licensed to carry firearms is not only despicable it is downright stupid.

Perhaps we bloggers need to get the personal information for all executives at your firm and post it on the internet for the world to see along with your policy on this matter.