Looking for another excuse to send journalists to jail?

Posted By katie allison granju

Well, if so, the state legislature may have something for you:

The records of everyone licensed to carry a handgun in Tennessee would be sealed from public view by a proposal working its way through the legislature.

The bill, sponsored by state Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, and state Rep. Eddie Bass, D-Prospect, would make Tennessee the 28th state in the nation to make secret its list of residents who have applied for or received a handgun-carry or concealed-carry permit. Several other states have similar bills in the works.

Tennessee takes its privacy plans a step further - threatening journalists with jail time if they publish information from the permit records…

Mar 26th, 2008

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