By Lisa Austin
The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Published on 3/15/2004
Excerpt:
“There is danger for children when there is a gun present, and that is a strong point,” said Gregory E. Favre, distinguished fellow in journalism values at The Poynter Institute for journalism training in Florida.
“There are too many cases when youngsters have been killed or when parents’ guns are used to kill others, as has happened in the school shootings. Will knowing about the gun permits completely stop this? No, but it might prevent some. Even one would be worth it.
“And while I am a strong advocate that people have a right to a private life, these folks have interjected themselves into the public by purchasing a gun permit,” said Favre, former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. …
Weighing in against posting were Maxwell E.P. King, former editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer; Bob Steele, Nelson Poynter scholar for journalism values at the Poynter Institute; Allen County Prosecutor Karen Richards; and reader Fran Hale.
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