“EUGENE REGISTER GUARD” REPORTER SEEKS CHL HOLDERS’ PRIVATE INFO. SHERIFF REFUSES.
As you probably know, a bill intended to safeguard the privacy or CHL holders was eviscerated by House Rep Judy Stiegler.
After forcing through amendments to neuter the bill, it passed the House and was sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee. There it was further weakened and then sent to the Senate Rules Committee, with the apparent intention of having it die there so Senator Ginny Burdick could take credit for killing it.
Although the amended bill did virtually nothing for license holders, many sheriffs across the state have stepped up on their own to protect license holders, and with good reason.
Here you can see a letter sent by Sheriff Russ Burger of Lane County, to a reporter for the Eugene Register Guard. The Guard is the latest in a long list of media outlets who are attempting to gain access to private information on license holders. We applaud the Sheriff for standing up to this most recent attack on the privacy of gun owners.
The reporter who requested this private information is Jack Moran.
Telephone: 338-2373, E-mail: jack.moran@registerguard.com
It’s become clear that because of Stiegler’s efforts to gut the very good bill sponsored by Kim Thatcher, the Oregon legislature will not have the courage to pass needed legislation to protect gun owners from the snooping of reporters, and others who have obtained these lists for fund raising purposes, but we are pleased to see some sheriffs standing up for gun owners in their counties.