Stephen Dargan, a Democratic legislator from West Haven, Conn., wants to make the names and addresses of the 170,000 handgun permit holders in the state available to the public, WND reported Saturday.
"If passed," Fox News reported, "the bill would reverse a 20-year decision by state lawmakers to keep the personal information confidential."
Dargan says the bill is not intended to pit pro-gun groups against gun control activists.
Instead, he claims, it’s “to get a broader discussion going on gun issues and mental health in the state.”
"Critics say being able to obtain the names and addresses of gun permit holders is an invasion of privacy, but others argue that people in the community have the right to know who owns a gun and who does not," Fox added.
In late December, the Journal News, a Gannett-owned paper, published the names and addresses of legal handgun permit holders in two New York counties, causing widespread controversy.
As a result, some say they are being harassed and stalked, and law enforcement officers in New York said they have been threatened by inmates using the published information.
Dargan, however, is apparently unconcerned about the impact of such a law.
"Most things are FOI-able now," he told the Hartford Courant. "Go to the local city clerk's office and you can find out where Steve Dargan owns property," in addition to other information. "I don't know why a responsible gun owner is worried about whether a permit for a revolver is FOI-able or not," he added.
“Obviously, something needs to be done,” he said. “I want to make sure we look at all the ways we can prevent another horrific shooting from happening.”
Since the tragic Sandy Hook shootings in Newtown, gun owners and those who support the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms have been viciously attacked by anti-gun liberals, some of whom have called for the death of those who support the NRA and the Second Amendment.
One of those calling for the eradication of NRA members was John Cobarruvias, a member of the Texas Democratic Party Executive Committee, who posted on his Facebook page that NRA members need to be wiped off the face of the earth. The comment has since been deleted.
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