Posted on 01/04/2013 12:25:56 PM PST by neverdem
A newspaper based in White Plains that drew nationwide anger after publishing the names and addresses of handgun permit holders last month is being guarded by armed security personnel at two of its offices, the publisher said Wednesday.
The increased security comes as the newspaper, The Journal News, has promised to forge ahead with plans to expand its interactive map of permit holders to include a third county in the suburbs of New York City, and local officials there have vowed to block the records’ release.
The armed guards — hired from local private security companies — have been stationed in The Journal News’s headquarters and in a satellite office in West Nyack, N.Y., since last week, said Janet Hasson, the president and publisher of The Journal News Media Group.
“The safety of my staff is my top priority,” Ms. Hasson said in a telephone interview.
The newspaper prompted a national discussion and a torrent of rage online after it published an...
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But an editor at the West Nyack office told the local police that the newspaper had received “a large amount of negative correspondence” related to the publication of the map, according to a police report highlighted by The Rockland County Times on Tuesday. The police report said that e-mails received did not contain threats and that armed guards from a private security firm had not reported any problems at the office...
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Mr. Sant said permit holders were “upstanding citizens” like retired police officers and doctors. “I can’t put these people in harm’s way like this,” he said...
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The name and address of any handgun permit holder “shall be a public record,” he said, reading a section of New York State law. “In my opinion,” he added, “there is not a lot of room for interpretation.”
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****** “Were the armed guards’ names and addresses among those published?” ******
Inquiring minds want to know.
Might want to start a little war between the fish wrap vendors.
TT
Thanks for the ping!
Next up: a boycott of that “news” rag by both advertisers, and subscribers... followed by bankruptcy announcement.
I hope I catch the latter announcement! :^)
Does Richmond Hill ring a bell?
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