"Someone will do the research and pull something from these maps that the so-called newspaper isn’t gonna like very much."Perhaps this map serves as a fishing expedition of sorts after all. It has been reported that The Journal News posted the map in response to the Sandy Hook massacre.
If that was the paper's motivation, it suggests they were hoping that readers would check their neighborhoods and follow up with concerns if any of the licenced hand gun owners residences also housed individuals with mental illness given the high frequency reportage of Adam Lanza's mental deficiencies and alleged access to his mother's weapons. Despite the fact that 20 year old Adam Lanza was reported to have been of above-average or high intelligence, which also suggests that as a determined hostile, he didn't necessarily wait for permission to use his mother's weapons, given his mother was the first fatality.
It's not difficult to suggest these gestapo like tactics have multiple nefarious goals beyond intimidation (failed), especially since the map reveals the flags extend well outside of the two - three counties originally mentioned. Simply zoom out and note the additional flags outside of that limited region of NY. The points flagged in Texas and California appear to have Westchester NY addresses. Are these attempts to reveal where the wealthier multiple home-owners have additional addresses?
The Journal News appears to be unfamiliar with the law of unintended consequences. Some lessons are best learned the hard way.
Yup, well said.
You'd think they would get it now that their middle to upperclass homes' addresses have been outed in response to their outing gunowners.
One poster up thread said something like, How do I get on the gunowners list? LOL