Newspaper Orders Up A Crime wave.

[fgarvb1]

Pats newspaper on the head "Good Anti-Gun Liberal newspaper"

I hope you like lawsuits. Now the bad guys know which houses they can break into with out worry.
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blo...addresses-215214269--abc-news-topstories.html

Newspaper Publishes Gun Owners' Names and Addresses


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.

"We obtained the names and addresses of Westchester and Rockland residents who are licensed to own handguns through routine Freedom of Information law requests. We also requested information on the number and types of guns owned by permit holders, but officials in the county clerks offices in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties maintained that those specifics were not public record," the statement read.

"New York's top public-records expert, Robert Freeman, disagrees," it added.

The paper declined to answer further questions about the map.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Folks can always stop buying the paper.

 

[eyer]

Curtis Maenza, quoted in the linked story:

This is the type of thing you do for sex offenders not law abiding gun owners. What next?

"What next?"

Obviously...

...the blind cannot see what's happening right before their very eyes.

 

[Beco]

by the way, best iPad App EVER,

Newseum-- every single newspaper you ever want to read....its so great

 

[LillyO]

Pats newspaper on the head "Good Anti-Gun Liberal newspaper"

I hope you like lawsuits. Now the bad guys know which houses they can break into with out worry.
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blo...addresses-215214269--abc-news-topstories.html

Newspaper Publishes Gun Owners' Names and Addresses


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.

"We obtained the names and addresses of Westchester and Rockland residents who are licensed to own handguns through routine Freedom of Information law requests. We also requested information on the number and types of guns owned by permit holders, but officials in the county clerks offices in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties maintained that those specifics were not public record," the statement read.

"New York's top public-records expert, Robert Freeman, disagrees," it added.

The paper declined to answer further questions about the map.

I thought the argument was if someone knows you had a gun they would think twice about robbing you. Guess not.

 

[Squibbs]

What does the 2nd amendment have to say about that?

 

[Boxlicker101]

Maybe, as suggested, somebody should post online the names and addresses of all members of the newspaper's editorial staff and ownership. Just to be extra mean, maybe they should also include the names and photographs of the children of those people and tell where those children go to school.

 

[warrior queen]

I thought the argument was if someone knows you had a gun they would think twice about robbing you. Guess not.

Heh. My first thought was they've all got guns, so what're they worried about?!

 

[LadyVer]

I thought the argument was if someone knows you had a gun they would think twice about robbing you. Guess not.

Heh. My first thought was they've all got guns, so what're they worried about?!

Maybe it's better that gun ownership is transparent, kind of like home ownership.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Maybe, as suggested, somebody should post online the names and addresses of all members of the newspaper's editorial staff and ownership. Just to be extra mean, maybe they should also include the names and photographs of the children of those people and tell where those children go to school.

All of which would be perfectly harmless in any free society.

 

[bg23]

Maybe, as suggested, somebody should post online the names and addresses of all members of the newspaper's editorial staff and ownership. Just to be extra mean, maybe they should also include the names and photographs of the children of those people and tell where those children go to school.

yes, there's nothing funnier than endangering children. what a hoot!

 

[shoulderblade]

Heh. My first thought was they've all got guns, so what're they worried about?!

Maybe it's better that gun ownership is transparent, kind of like home ownership.

Thing is that it can never be really transparent. There are issues with illegal guns, people moving, trading or selling units privately or whatever.

Seems to me that if you "punish" legal owners by public exposure then you make illegal ownership more legitimate.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

The Media never bothers any group thats likely to drag it from the building to lynch.

 

[Dazzle1]

Pats newspaper on the head "Good Anti-Gun Liberal newspaper"

I hope you like lawsuits. Now the bad guys know which houses they can break into with out worry.
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blo...addresses-215214269--abc-news-topstories.html

Newspaper Publishes Gun Owners' Names and Addresses


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.

"We obtained the names and addresses of Westchester and Rockland residents who are licensed to own handguns through routine Freedom of Information law requests. We also requested information on the number and types of guns owned by permit holders, but officials in the county clerks offices in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties maintained that those specifics were not public record," the statement read.

"New York's top public-records expert, Robert Freeman, disagrees," it added.

The paper declined to answer further questions about the map.

A few point

If I was a legal gun owner (I am not) should I be subjected to harassment from people like Medea Benjamin of Code Pink?

And if I was not that increases the lieklihood of my house being targeted.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

thanks for sharing

 

[Shagly]

Thing is that it can never be really transparent. There are issues with illegal guns, people moving, trading or selling units privately or whatever.

Seems to me that if you "punish" legal owners by public exposure then you make illegal ownership more legitimate.

I never believe in registering anything that shoots a bullet including bullets.

 

[unregistered]

 

[Busybody]

Home Addresses Of NY Journalists Who Published Name And Address Of Every Handgun Owner In Two Counties…
If they can do it, why can’t we?



Via Facebook:

Reporter on the story:

Dwight R Worley
23006 139 Ave
Springfield Gardens, NY 11413

Journal News President:

—Janet Hasson, 3 Gate House Lane Mamaroneck, NY 10534 (914) 694.5204

Editors:

—Cyndee Royle, 1133 Westchester Ave., Suite N110, White Plains, NY 10604, 914-694-9300

–Nancy Cutler 9 Woodwind Ln, Spring Valley, NY. (845) 354 3485

 

[Shagly]

Home Addresses Of NY Journalists Who Published Name And Address Of Every Handgun Owner In Two Counties…
If they can do it, why can’t we?



Via Facebook:

Reporter on the story:

Dwight R Worley
23006 139 Ave
Springfield Gardens, NY 11413

Journal News President:

—Janet Hasson, 3 Gate House Lane Mamaroneck, NY 10534 (914) 694.5204

Editors:

—Cyndee Royle, 1133 Westchester Ave., Suite N110, White Plains, NY 10604, 914-694-9300

–Nancy Cutler 9 Woodwind Ln, Spring Valley, NY. (845) 354 3485

I wish I had the E-mail addresses of them so I could get a server to start flooding them.

 

[shoulderblade]

I never believe in registering anything that shoots a bullet including bullets.

In this case, given that the register information can go public, it would certainly be doing more damage than good.

I have no idea what that would amount to as a revenue stream for a government but it can't justify public endangerment.

 

[Shagly]

In this case, given that the register information can go public, it would certainly be doing more damage than good.

I have no idea what that would amount to as a revenue stream for a government but it can't justify public endangerment.

A car is a deadly weapon but no one publishes the name of every licensed driver or registered vehicle.

 

[shoulderblade]

A car is a deadly weapon but no one publishes the name of every licensed driver or registered vehicle.

Right. Or how about prescription drugs? Ever wonder what that weird guy down the street is on?

Their reason:

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.

You would think they would stop and wonder that if this was a cool idea why had no one ever done it before.

 

[bronzeage]

The fact is, they know who doesn't have one now.

Since a criminal is likely to have an illegal unregistered gun, why would he assume his intended victim doesn't have one, as well?

 

[koalabear]

Since a criminal is likely to have an illegal unregistered gun, why would he assume his intended victim doesn't have one, as well?

bronze and friends.

 

[bronzeage]

bronze and friends.
[G]

Good thing you brought your A game.