PSA for Mississippi Readers/Citizens | UPDATED with Link to Bill's Full Text

Regarding MS House Bill HB485 to exempt weapon permit information, i.e. to not see Concealed Permit Holders'  names and addresses published in the paper.

Here's the email I just received (8:35pm Monday) from Elaine Vechorik. I'll update with more links.

Please share this!

The battle is not over.

 This just means the bill survived to come out of committee for a full house vote.

NOW is the time to contact your representative and ask him to vote YES on HB 485 Description: MS Public Records Act; exempt weapon permit information.


Newspaper article: http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/01/mississippi_house_committee_ok.html

From Will Longwitz
Protect gun owner privacy - call the House Tuesday.

Rep. Mark Baker's conceal carry privacy bill passed through committee today. It keeps the media from getting your conceal carry information and printing it.

Tuesday is the full House vote. I wrote the Senate version, but I am throwing my full support to Rep. Baker's bill, HB485. There is no time to lose. A Tupelo newspaper has requested all the records of every conceal-carry license holder in Lee County. We must act now. Your information could be next. Nobody has a right to your conceal-carry information but you!

Email your Representatives and call the Capitol tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 601-359-3770. Tell them to support conceal carry privacy. Support HB485.

UPDATE:

Here's the key bit:

HOUSE BILL NO.  485

     AN ACT TO CREATE SECTION 25-61-11.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF
1972, TO EXEMPT INFORMATION REGARDING PERSONS WITH A WEAPON PERMIT
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT OF 1983; TO AMEND SECTION
45-9-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; AND FOR RELATED
PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The following shall be codified as Section 25-61-11.1, Mississippi Code of 1972:

     25-61-11.1.  The name, home address, any telephone number or
other private information of any person who possesses a weapon 
permit issued under Section 45-9-101 or Section 97-37-7 shall be 
exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.

The full text is here. Take note of this:

316. 330  (18) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require
     
317. 331  or allow the registration, documentation or providing of serial
     
318. 332  numbers with regard to any stun gun or firearm. Further, nothing
     
319. 333  in this section shall be construed to allow the open and
     
320. 334  unconcealed carrying of any stun gun or a deadly weapon as
     
321. 335  described in Section 97-37-1, Mississippi Code of 1972.
     

If you've never read state legislation pertaining to concealed carry, I encourage you to do so. You may be surprised how regulated the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is!