Gaston County asks NC to keep gun data secret
Published: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 12:55 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 12:55 p.m.
GASTONIA, N.C. - Gaston County commissioners have unanimously voted to ask North Carolina lawmakers to pass a bill that would keep the names of people who own gun permits from the public.
Commissioner Tracy Philbeck told the Gaston Gazette ( http://bit.ly/WXNLPD) that he doesn't want media outlets to request the list and publish it like a newspaper in New York did.
Currently, the name, age and home address of anyone who gets a gun permit in North Carolina is public information. Philbeck says 41 states already keep that information private.
Gaston County Sheriff Alan Cloninger says if he was asked for a list of gun permit owners in Gaston County, he would defy North Carolina's Freedom of Information Act and not release the list.
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