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Editor’s Note: BDN rescinds request
for records of concealed weapon
permit holders
Bangor Daily News, by Anthony Ronzio
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Original Article
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Posted By:kpinmaine, 2/15/2013 11:49:22 AM
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The Bangor Daily News has rescinded its request for records about concealed weapon permit holders in the state of Maine. We have informed the agencies who received our request to disregard it. We’ve informed the agencies who have responded that their records will be destroyed.We are disappointed with the reaction to our request, which we felt was with the best intentions to help study issues affecting Maine through an analysis of publicly available data. We will continue our reporting, but will use other sources of information to do so.
The BDN regrets that its request for information may have been taken as a personal attack on concealed carry permit holders, some of whom work at the BDN.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
GreatGreyhounds, 2/15/2013 12:03:02 PM (No. 9178137)
It couldn´t have been the threat of having the addresses and phone numbers of every employee made public in retaliation, could it?
Or maybe several threatened lawsuits?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
john56, 2/15/2013 12:05:49 PM (No. 9178142)
Or cancelled subscriptions?
Or cancelled advertising contracts?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
LudicrousSextus, 2/15/2013 12:11:30 PM (No. 9178150)
One wonders if the BDN routinely publishes names and addresses of say...convicted rapists and murderers living in their local neighborhoods?
Nah. The Boston crowd probably finds ´gun owners´ far more reprehensible...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
4poster, 2/15/2013 12:17:15 PM (No. 9178158)
That´s probably what the Boston residents think, but what about the Bangor residents?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Mushroom, 2/15/2013 12:22:13 PM (No. 9178173)
Just curious. The Paper stated they had no intention of publishing the information, so WHY did they even bother??
Doesn´t pass the smell test.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
MisterDickens, 2/15/2013 12:22:14 PM (No. 9178174)
FTA: "with the best intentions to help study issues affecting Maine through an analysis of publicly available data"
Liars, plain and simple. I will never understand what kind of people raised these kind of people.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rolfnader, 2/15/2013 12:30:25 PM (No. 9178187)
Oh , I´m pretty sure they were ´contacted´ by someone who threatened to sue them into then next century and beyond. What scares me is that they were able to get some of this info sent to them by some ever-so-helpful bureaucrats.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
coldoc, 2/15/2013 12:45:40 PM (No. 9178216)
These idiots keep sticking their fingers in a boiling pot. Not real smart, and their lying proficiency needs work too.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
NYbob, 2/15/2013 1:06:34 PM (No. 9178265)
These newspapers are doing this with malice. Sue them. Anyone on this thread could win a judgement. No push back.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
woodsman, 2/15/2013 1:11:01 PM (No. 9178273)
S. Donald Sussman owns the Portland Press Herald and controlling interest in the Bangor Daily News. He is a billionaire hedge fund manager married to Democrat U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree. He is also the top individual donor to Maine democrat political causes according to state campaign finance reports.....yeah - nothing to see here folks...I´m sure it was just for research
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
mickturn, 2/15/2013 1:42:29 PM (No. 9178337)
Liars, you had no intention of studying anything, this was obviously an attempt to
´out´ legal gun owners. As soon as you put up a $100Billion Bond, to cover problems you create, we will give you the names. Until then suck Eggs!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
veritas, 2/15/2013 3:09:51 PM (No. 9178510)
Y´know, after seeing so many of them, I have concluded someone, somewhere sells software that writes non-apology apologies for you. And that they´ve sold a lot of copies.
That said, a few thoughts: a. we can all be glad the BDN writer has assured us they are and will remain purer than Caesar´s wife [right?]; b. they will, maybe already have, reimbursed the various agencies for the goose-chasing time their request [now, why again did they want this info?] caused; and c. the several claims in the article of concern for the rights and difficulties of CCW permit holders and applicants are real, heartfelt, long-held, and in no way a cheap, opportunistic attempt to look fair-minded.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Mainely Steve, 2/15/2013 7:41:37 PM (No. 9178902)
I´ve had a CC permit for over 35 years and it´s none of your GD business! Can´t wait to see all the green delivery boxes on your front steps this weekend!!
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Editor’s Note: BDN rescinds request
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permit holders
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Original Article
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Posted By: kpinmaine- 2/15/2013 11:49:22 AM
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The Bangor Daily News has rescinded its request for records about concealed weapon permit holders in the state of Maine. We have informed the agencies who received our request to disregard it. We’ve informed the agencies who have responded that their records will be destroyed.We are disappointed with the reaction to our request, which we felt was with the best intentions to help study issues affecting Maine through an analysis of publicly available data. We will continue our reporting, but will use other sources of information to do so.
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