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Article: Bill would block access to concealed weapons permits
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- February 19, 2008
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Finding out who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon would
become much harder for most West Virginians under a bill approved by
a House committee.
The House Judiciary committee endorsed a measure on Monday that
would limit access to information about concealed weapons permits to
select groups, including the permit holder in question, parents or
guardians, a lawyer or executor of a will and law enforcement
agencies.
Currently, the identity of a concealed weapons permit holder is
public record, and lists of names are often printed in newspapers.
Delegate Bill Hamilton, the bill's lead sponsor, said that
openness is part of the reason he proposed the legislation.
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