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Old 01-05-2013, 09:43 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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Now the prison inmates are walking up to prison guards and reciting the guards' exact home address to them. They got the addresses, from the newspaper's published map of gun owner permits

Good job, Rockland Journal News.

You won't need police protection any time soon, will you, newpapers people? Cops may be too busy guarding their own homes against recently-released criminals, to respond to your calls. I know I would be.

Hope the paper's publishers don't mind.

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Journal News gun permit map endangers officers, officials say

Journal News gun permit map endangers officers, officials say

Originally published: January 4, 2013 3:40 PM
Updated: January 4, 2013 4:01 PM

By SARAH ARMAGHAN sarah.armaghan@cablevision.com

Criticism of The Journal News, which published a gun permit database last month, broadened Friday with Rockland law enforcement officials saying the map listing the names and addresses of those with gun permits is endangering lives.

Inmates at the Rockland County jail are taunting corrections officers by saying they know the guards' home addresses -- information they got from the list published by Westchester-based newspaper, Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco said.

"Since about 9:30 this morning, I've been in a meeting with my corrections officers and their unions. They have inmates coming up to them and telling them exactly where they live. That's not acceptable to me," Falco said at a news conference Friday morning in New City, where local leaders condemned the list.

Falco, along with other supporting police chiefs and county legislators, wants the paper to remove the information from its website.
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Old 01-06-2013, 12:01 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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"When I saw the list, I had an immediate flood of emotions that I cannot even describe to you," said (Orangetown resident Charlotte) Swift. "I originally obtained a gun permit because I had previously been married to a man who attempted to strangle me . . . The first emotion I felt was, 'Oh my gosh, he can find me.'"
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Old 01-06-2013, 12:09 PM
 
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The gun owners whose addresses were published should sue the Journal for relocation expenses. Then, the Journal should report that the previously listed gun owners have all moved and no longer reside at the published addresses.
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Old 01-06-2013, 12:11 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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But it's more important for the anti-gun advocates to get their message across.
"Whatever it takes" is the mantra of the left, ethics be damned.
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Old 01-06-2013, 12:25 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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The gun owners whose addresses were published should sue the Journal for relocation expenses. Then, the Journal should report that the previously listed gun owners have all moved and no longer reside at the published addresses.
And then comes their followup lawsuits for pain and suffering. The awards can dwarf the payments for relocations... and should.
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Old 01-06-2013, 12:37 PM
 
Location: Summerville, SC
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I still think it is kind of sick this was done.
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Old 01-06-2013, 12:40 PM
 
Location: Lost in Texas
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I still think it is kind of sick this was done.
I agree...... It speaks volumes about this papers credibility as a "News Organization". If I worked there, I would quit.
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Old 01-06-2013, 12:41 PM
 
Location: The Beautiful Pocono Mountains
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Its ok. You know where I live AND that I'm armed. Sure, come on, pay me a visit.
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Old 01-06-2013, 12:44 PM
 
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I certainly don't think publishing the names of these gun owners was responsible, but it will apparently provide a great test of the effectiveness as guns as self-defense mechanisms. Good thing all these folks are armed, huh? What's everyone's best guesses for how many of these gun owners will successfully defend themselves against these ex-cons and other criminals?
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Old 01-06-2013, 12:46 PM
 
Location: Lost in Texas
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I certainly don't think publishing the names of these gun owners was responsible, but it will apparently provide a great test of the effectiveness as guns as self-defense mechanisms. Good thing all these folks are armed, huh? What's everyone's best guesses for how many of these gun owners will successfully defend themselves against these ex-cons and other criminals?
My best guess is that the cons are all mouth and are not stupid enough to go to a house they KNOW is armed.. Even most criminals aren't that stupid...
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