This would have been a decent article if you had not printed out the names of every CCW permit holder. Without their individual consent, that is just wrong and an invasion of their privacy. Would it be OK to post the names, telephone numbers and addresses of the editors, reporters and staff at your newspaper on the Internet, suggesting that all of you kept money in your home? How about the names and ages of your children and young daughters? Would that also be OK? It is the public's right to know about the journalists who bravely fight to uncover the truth, no?
Re: “Pistol Packing People”
Here are suggestions for future stories where you can publish names en masse: The women in the county who have received abortions. The names of doctors who provide abortions. Battered women at the local shelter for women. The staff at the local shelter. Rape victims who have filed a police complaint. Gay citizens, including those who are not publicly known to be gay. Businessmen who carry cash. We're waiting.