by: Rob Poindexter | WABI

Augusta - After creating a firestorm by requesting the private information of Maine's concealed weapon permit holders, the Bangor Daily News has rescinded their request. "We have informed the agencies who received our request to disregard it. We've informed the agencies who have responded that their records will be destroyed," said BDN staffer Anthony Ronzio in an editors note posted on the paper's website this morning.