Posted on 12/24/2012 5:01:47 PM PST by mandaladon
A newspaper in New York has received a wave of criticism from its readers after publishing the names and addresses of all of the individuals with handgun or pistol permits in its coverage area.
Hundreds of residents in New York's Westchester and Rockland counties were surprised to find their names and addresses listed on a map posted by The Journal News on Sunday. Users can click any dot on the map to see which of their neighbors has a permit for a gun.
The map sparked more than 500 comments from readers within a day of its appearance on the website, many of them voicing outrage at the paper's decision to make the information public.
"This is CRAZY!! why in the world would you post every licensed gun owner information?? What do you hope to accomplish by doing this. This is the type of thing you do for sex offenders not law abiding gun owners. What next? should i hang a flag outside my house that says I own a gun? I am canceling my subscription with your paper today!!!" said commenter Curtis Maenza.
"How about a map of the editorial staff and publishers of Gannett and Journal News with names and addresses of their families…," wrote commenter George Thompson.
All of the names and addresses were compiled through public records. The paper also requested the information from Putnam County, which is still compiling the records for publication, according to The Journal News' website.
In a statement to ABC News, The Journal News said its readers "are understandably interested to know about guns in their neighborhoods," because of the conversation about gun control on its website after the shooting in Newtown, Conn., last week. .
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Lot of ex cops and detectives on the list. Imagine a retired narc detective how he feels right now on that list?
From a commenter at Lohud...
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Yeah, but where are the Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, Communists and Unionists?”
That’s what I was thinking as well. Now a thief can look to see if a potential residential target likely has no lethal protection.
I am so sorry. I would be really mad too. I am praying for you, and your family, to be covered with a blanket of safety and protection.
They should also post the name and address (along with a map) of every newspaper employee who does not keep a gun in their house.
My blanket of security is a glock 26, 17, bushmaster ar, moss berg 500, ak47, benelli supernova , just to name a few.
I pray the liberals ad communists show up trying to cause me physical harm.
Come to my place.
I’ll blow that Guy Fawkes mask right off your face.
And I’ll be laughing and smiling while I’m doing it.
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FWIW, they just told every burglar and crook where NOT to commit crimes.
A favor for the gun-owners, but not so much for the non-owners. Except now, those folks will probably have to go out and buy a gun.
Every home in America should have at least one.
I’d think it would be the non-gunowners would be more concerned. The criminals know where they live and are unarmed.
The nationalizing socialists hurling political charges and demanding that we be cleansed of our individual rights.
I’m a nice guy, and as it turns out, I may not be finishing last after all.
They’ll fire up lawsuits so fast it would make Johnny Cochran’s head spin.
This could be the grounds for a federal class action suit by permitees seeking damages from a news paper for contravention of the 2nd amendment.
Just because information may be public does not mean that
such a list should be published with the intent to injure those who are so permitted.
were it me - Id post the name , addy and cell # of the editor on the biggest billboard I could find - along with those of his family and their ages and ssi #’s
Publish the names and addresses of all their employees.
Safe bet there are no weapons in those homes.
I think it is long past due for America’s so called propaganda journos to have a full vetting with a whole lot of transparency.
The citizens should dig and report their findings.
This is a great start.
So will they be publishing the names of every AIDS- and HIV-infected person? Those people roaming the earth having indiscriminate sex are much more deadly than people with guns.
I expect that info is reported to some government agency, which makes the data public information.
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