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The Roanoke Times ignited a debate when the newspaper printed the names and addresses of every permit holder in the state last spring.The Roanoke Times ignited a debate when the newspaper printed the names and addresses of every permit holder in the state last spring.
Now several bills are advancing in the General Assembly that would let state police keep the list from the public. Citizens could still get lists of local permit holders from circuit courts.
Some say that puts the permit holders at risk.
"You don't know which ones of those might have a spouse that's trying to kill them, which might be police officers," says Philip Van Cleave, President of Virginia Citizens Defense League.
"Every person who applies for a concealed carry permit understands that their application is a matter of public record," says Senator Roscoe Reynolds.
Senator Reynolds says Virginians can carry their guns openly without getting a permit if privacy is so important to them.
