I couldn't tell from the on-line version who authored this piece. The FLS web page has a list of
Editorial Staff, which actually, has taken a
slight bit of a turn towards the pro-gun side in recent years. Not that they are pro-gun by any stretch, but they are certainly less anti-gun than they used to be.
Having said that, Richard Amrhine, listed as a Real Estate editor, is about as anti-gun as you can get. He does occasionally author anti-gun opinion columns, although how that relates to his job with Real Estate is beyond me. I know that he has been with the paper for a very, very long time.
The big question for the Free Lance-Star remains how can they justify the regular publication of the names and streets-of-residence of new CHP holders. It confuses me, because having noted a slight turn in recent years, and confirmed by today's opinion piece, seemingly toward a modicum of reason, publishing these names does not help anyone. Certainly not the holders, whose privacy, property and very safety is put seriously at risk, and not even the staunch anti-gun crowd, who claim they want to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, even though publication of names and streets, along with 60 seconds at google/yahoo/mapquest provides a map and directions to homes which are almost guaranteed to have guns inside for stealing.
TFred
