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Newspaper Hires Armed Guards After It Enraged The Community By Publishing Info On Local Gun Owners
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| 1-2-2013
| Abby Rogers
Posted on 01/02/2013 6:51:21 AM PST by blam
Newspaper Hires Armed Guards After It Enraged The Community By Publishing Info On Local Gun Owners
Abby Rogers
January 2, 2013
Caryn McBride, Journal News Rockland Editor
A New York state newspaper is taking drastic steps to protect its staff after it enraged gun owners in two counties.
The Journal News, a Gannett-owned newspaper in Westchester, N.Y., published a map showing the names and addresses of licensed gun owners in Westchester and Rockland counties.
The Journal News tried to do the same for Putnam County, but the newspaper's request for records was denied because of the outrage the map had already caused in Westchester County.
That outrage was so intense the newspaper resorted to hiring armed security guards to man its headquarters after receiving multiple threats, The Rockland Country Times reported Tuesday.
The threats were reportedly so concerning, Journal News Rockland Editor Caryn McBride filed at least two reports with local police.
One reader decided to use a different tactic to express his anger at the newspaper.
After the map was published, incensed reader Christopher Fountain used his blog to release the name, home address, and phone number of the paper's publisher, editor, and the reporters behind the map.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; 2ndammendment; banglist; guncontrol; guns; newspapers; secondamendment; violence
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To: muir_redwoods
So its legitimate to employ arms for protection if youre a leftist newspaper but illegitimate if youre a private citizen. Got it. Your comment is so awesome, I reposted it elsewhere.
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posted on
01/02/2013 7:30:12 AM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
("Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the gov officials committing it." -- K. Hoffmann)
To: skinkinthegrass
To: Travis McGee
Ping. Post #4 reminds me of FEDLIST.ZIP in your novel, Enemies Foreign and Domestic. I suspect we’ll need FEDLIST before long, for reals.
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posted on
01/02/2013 7:32:47 AM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
("Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the gov officials committing it." -- K. Hoffmann)
To: blam
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posted on
01/02/2013 7:34:13 AM PST
by
blam
To: clamper1797; popdonnelly; All
Fighting fire with fire is NOT hypocriticalreminds me of a song,...
"And it burns..burns..that ring of fire..that ring of fire"
hmm..maybe they shouldn't be be playing with it...(Fire :)
1% smart (they got college degrees; it's just toilet paper)..99% dumb
..but then; they're (*#*#*#*#) Liberals..it's to be expected.
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posted on
01/02/2013 7:39:11 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income,tax it all away..0'Bozo man can :-)
To: skinkinthegrass
To: skinkinthegrass
You know, I’ve often thought two conservative neighbors should put that sign up, switching the position of the arrow.
Neighbor #1: “All right, it’s *my* turn to get the unsuspecting goblins. *YOU* had all the fun *last* time.
Neighbor #2: “Oh, I barely got any last time with our bait sign. It can be your turn next month.....”
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posted on
01/02/2013 7:47:56 AM PST
by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
To: Altariel; All
Liberal House<----Conservative House #1 next to Conservative House #2------>Liberal House
A Block Watch - All the house on both sides of the street.
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posted on
01/02/2013 8:05:18 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income,tax it all away..0'Bozo man can :-)
To: blam
They were against guns before they were for guns. Or in at least one writer’s case, he was a gun owner before he wrote the piece against guns so is he now for or against them?
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posted on
01/02/2013 8:07:12 AM PST
by
bgill
(We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
To: popdonnelly
Ask the German Jews of the 1920s and 30s what the passive acceptance of this kind of “soft terrorism” leads to.
You can’t fight fire with lollipops and rainbows.
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posted on
01/02/2013 8:15:41 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: blam
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posted on
01/02/2013 8:25:55 AM PST
by
Perseverando
(Gun control? It's really not about gun control is it? It's really about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: Hammerhead
"totally Photoshopped."
Still funny...would't it be great if it was real!
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posted on
01/02/2013 9:14:30 AM PST
by
hummingbird
(Support Hummingbird Migration!)
To: Altariel
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posted on
01/02/2013 9:16:19 AM PST
by
hummingbird
(Support Hummingbird Migration!)
To: popdonnelly
I don’t think it’s hypocritical, because the journalists, by their actions, have stated that they have no objection to it, so their opinion is on record. Nobody bothered to ask the gun owners.
To: backwoods-engineer
Combatants?
Enemy combatants, more like. But the snooty newsers don't have to worry about
me shooting them.
I've got a freshly sharpend M5 bayonet just for them if and when The Day comes. It's that personal.
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posted on
01/02/2013 10:06:15 AM PST
by
jboot
(This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
To: popdonnelly
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posted on
01/02/2013 10:08:16 AM PST
by
jboot
(This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
To: popdonnelly
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posted on
01/02/2013 10:12:05 AM PST
by
jboot
(This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
To: popdonnelly
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
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posted on
01/02/2013 2:15:42 PM PST
by
Repeat Offender
(What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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