WNC journalist resigns following threats over request for gun permit records

Cherokee County NC newspaper of record, Cherokee Scout

An out-of-control newspaper editor has been forced to resign in disgrace because he attempted to obtain confidential information involving concealed hand gun carriers from the Cherokee County sheriff. This action so enraged the local populace that the former Cherokee Scout editor, Robert Horne is now preparing to leave the county and the state!
"An uproar over a Western North Carolina editor’s request for a list of concealed-carry gun permits led to the editor withdrawing his request, and resigning from the weekly mountain paper."
More at NC Renegade.
Personally, I believe Horne is fortunate that he is being allowed to slink out of town quietly, under the cover of darkness as it were rather than being tarred and feathered and run out of town "on a rail."