Re: Publish CCW Holders? Publish THIS!


Bill Gray wrote:
# delcolja@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
# # Brian wrote:
# # # I've heard of states and municipalities who enjoy publishing lists of
# # # CCW holders in local newspapers. ....
# #
# # What about it? It's probably a legal requirement that the names be
# # published. The same thing happens with divorces, bankruptcies,
# # marriage licenses, deed transferrals, etc.
# #
# # It's public information. -Anybody- can publish it. That's the way the
# # First Amendment works.
# #
# #
# # J. Del Col
# #
#
#
# There is some public information that is not legal to publish. In many
# states it is illegal to publish the phone numbers and addresses of
# police officers.

What specific statute forbids this? If there is any, I doubt it would
hold up in court. It amounts to prior restraint on publication- a
constitutional no-no.



Some states now deny public access to DL information,
# since it was being used by stalkers.

The information is on the license. How could the state deny access to
it?


# I don't believe the First Amendment applies to the publishing of
# personal information.

Once you apply for a CCW, that personal information becomes public
information.


I think the founding fathers intended it to apply
# to the public utterances of political opinion, though I expect
# disagreement about that.


You bet, about 200 year's worth.

There are very few instances in which courts will limit the 1st
Amendment freedom of the press. Prior restraint of publication is
essentially unheard of in the US.

About the only allowable instance of prior restraint, involves child
pronography and it is based on the principle that kiddie-porn requires
the commisssion of a crime, sexual assault on a minor.

J. Del Col



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