Health & Fitness
Why Are Gun Permits Exempt?
Recently there was an article by Jon Lender questioning the need to exempt a weapon offender registry from becoming public. I would like to know why gun permits are exempt from the public. Years ago these permits were available to the public and then the law changed. I was told that they exempted the gun permits from the public because criminals would know where guns were available. Now that there is a proliferation of gun permits maybe there are more gun permits than bad guys. It is time to once again allow the public to access gun permits. The law must be changed to protect the innocent. If the parents in Newtown could access the gun permit files, maybe they would have avoided the massacre. The public has a right to know.