Ohio Democratic Party unsuccessfully tries to get gun records

cnredd · #1 (**permalink**) 06-30-2010, 09:55 PM

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The Ohio Democratic Party tried unsuccessfully this week to get information on all people licensed to carry concealed weapons in the Buckeye State.

The state party sent letters to Ohio's 88 sheriffs requesting the names and addresses of permit holders and the dates the licenses were issued. Ohio has about 211,000 permit holders.

But neither the Democrats nor any other political party can get that information. The records are exempt from the public record laws. The only public access was given to journalists when then-Gov. Bob Taft signed the law in 2004.

Lorain County Sheriff Phil Stammitti, a Democrat, denied the request Friday.

"I must also advise you that the information you are requesting is NOT a public record and CANNOT be released," Stammitti wrote in a letter to the party.

The Democrats intended to target people who support the Second Amendment -- the constitutional right to bear arms -- with campaign information, said party spokesman, Seth Bringman.

The party learned the information was not public and then sent a second letter apologizing to the 88 sheriffs.

"We asked them to rescind our request," Bringman said.

Oh yeah...

The law...Gotta remember that sometime...

saltwn · #2 (**permalink**) 06-30-2010, 11:24 PM

Only reason I can think of someone might want these records is to compare them to the crime rate by neighborhood, but names should never be allowed.

cnredd · #3 (**permalink**) 06-30-2010, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

Only reason I can think of someone might want these records is to compare them to the crime rate by neighborhood, but names should never be allowed.

They were targeting the people, so they were obviously looking for names...

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The Democrats intended to target people who support the Second Amendment -- the constitutional right to bear arms -- with campaign information

saltwn · #4 (**permalink**) 07-01-2010, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

They were targeting the people, so they were obviously looking for names...

So I wonder if they want to get those people on board? Yes I guess they must.

Ohio looks complicated in their politics. Just an observation. You know they are so close to Ky., they probably have two mind sets -city folk and country folk. Interesting. But I'm kinda glad I don't live there. Too cold.

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