[Brilliant]

“Critics argue that publishing names and identifying information about concealed carry permit holders puts them at risk being targeted for violence or identity theft.”

I don’t see how that follows, but it might prompt someone to try to burglarize them in order to get the gun. But I suspect that the real reason these newspapers publish this info is also the real reason gun owners don’t want it published. There is an implication that anyone who owns a gun ought to be subjected to ridicule.

[Smokin' Joe]

Anyone who obtained that concealed weapons permit and moved to remove themselves from the immediate threat/abuser/stalker has just had their name and address published. The risk of violence in that case is very real.

This was incredibly stupid of the paper, as they have made themselves an accessory to any criminal act which is facillitated by their publishing this information.