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Shoot Down NRA Gun Bill: Florida Gun Permit Secrecy Law Deserves Veto
16 May 2006
Orlando Sentinel (Florida), Editorial
A bill to prevent the public from finding out who has a permit to carry a concealed firearm deserves a quick veto from Gov. Jeb Bush.
Lawmakers should have rejected that bill during their recently completed session. Instead, they bowed to pressure from the National Rifle Association.
Mr. Bush's veto is needed because there's no valid reason to exempt concealed-weapons license records from the state's open-records law.
Government has the authority to issue licenses... (GunPolicy.org)