Those with no address listed are retired/former law enforcement officers. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office declined to release their home addresses.I don't know how I missed this in my original post. Sorry, I still won't directly link to the list here at WarOnGuns.
So does the Sheriff think posting the names of his fellow "Only Ones" might put them in danger? Is that why he's withholding them? Does he have legal discretion to withhold this information under Iowa law? If so, what is it, and if not, why have the "authorized journalists" not demanded a complete list? And if address disclosure endangers ex-cops, does the Sheriff think it will not do the same to "ordinary" citizens, that is, the sovereign individuals he is supposed to be working for?
This elitism--on the part of the government enforcers and their PR firm over at The Iowa City Press-Citizen just plain stinks.
And We The People are the "Only Ones" whom can force our SERVANTS back into their proper station.
ReplyDeleteWe've all noticed how effective that communication has been working lately.
The website to look up the state codes is down today. But my first impression is that there is an exception for "only ones" somewhere. There is no law explicitly allowing the publication of CCW holders, and there certainly is none to keep them private.
ReplyDeleteIf nothing else, I'll ask my sheriff (not the Johnson county sheriff).
One interesting quirk in Iowa law is if one has a loaded magazine in their possession, you have to have a CCW to be legal. No one is interested in changing it that law either.
When I went to school there, we called it the People's Republic of Johnson County for a good reason. The only reason I'm surprised they published this is because it's generally the local political and financial elite who are permitted to exercise their rights by the Sheriff's Dept. Generally the old corrupt hippies that are the county power structure only give the young ones enough leash to irritate the working peasants.
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