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Law enforcement officials from a New York region where a local paper published a map identifying gun owners say prisoners are using the information to intimidate guards. Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco, who spoke at a news conference flanked by other county officials, said the Journal News' decision to post an online map of names and addresses of handgun owners Dec. 23 has put law enforcement officers in danger. "They have inmates coming up to them and telling them exactly where they live. That's not acceptable to me," Falco said, according to Newsday. Robert Riley, an officer with the White Plains Police Department and president of its Patrolman’s Benevolent Association, agreed. "You have guys who work in New York City who live up here. Now their names and addresses are out there, too," he said adding that there are 8,000 active and retired NYPD officers currently living in Rockland County. Local lawmakers also say that they intend to introduce legislation that prevents information about legal gun owners from being released to the public. The newspaper published the online map last month alongside an article titled, "The gun owner next door: What you don't know about the weapons in your neighborhood." The map included the names and addresses of pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. While the paper ostensibly sought to make a point about gun proliferation in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the effort may have backfired. A blogger reacted with a map showing where key editorial staffers live, and some outraged groups have called for a boycott of parent company Gannett’s national advertisers. Ironically, the newspaper has now stationed armed guards outside at least one of its offices.
Originally posted by Gridrebel
Unfortunately, I don't think even death or injury as a result of the published information will cause the newspaper to realize their mistake. There is a mindset here that just isn't easy to reach. I've noticed many people with the same type of mindset and they just won't listen, or even engage other ideas. They are like a race horse with blinders on. Full speed ahead with no thought of anything else but finishing the race and 'winning' (their agenda). It's really sad because I think innocent people will be hurt by the publisher's selfish and irresponsible actions.
FOX was one of the Biggest Prompters of the Lie of
Originally posted by Preacher76
Fox put this out
Originally posted by Tw0Sides
FOX was one of the Biggest Prompters of the Lie of
Originally posted by Preacher76
Fox put this out
"Weapons of Mass Destruction"
Half a Million Iraqi's died from that Lie.
Bet your OK with that though, cuz FOX said...
Originally posted by Tw0Sides
FOX was one of the Biggest Prompters of the Lie of
Originally posted by Preacher76
Fox put this out
"Weapons of Mass Destruction"
Half a Million Iraqi's died from that Lie.
Bet your OK with that though, cuz FOX said...
Actually this is the 2nd post on this topic (first this thread) where I posted....
Originally posted by projectvxn
The fact that you don't seem to care that law abiding citizens and LEOs have been put in danger because of this anti-gun crusade you and your antigunner buddies are on is very telling of both the agenda and your character.
posted on 5-1-2013 @ 03:38 PM this post Printing the Names of Gun Owners was Wrong. But anyone using this to Further another Agenda of Printing names would also be wrong. Yet idiots will Defend Coulter , not because she is right, but because she is a GOP Nitwit. That is the Truly Pathetic thing Evolving in this Thread.
Originally posted by RalagaNarHallas
ah the message this sends is a scary one. "oh its ok to publish the names and addresses of gun permit owners,oh wait some of them are cops? we must stop this its a risk to officers!" so it only matters that prison guards were put at risk? what about the law full gun owners does them being put at risk not matter? so its only the civil servants that get privacy protection nice message