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New York Newspaper to Release More Names of Gun Permit Owners After Uproar

mharris Wrote: Dec 29, 2012 10:05 AM

That is an interesting point. This information could provide criminals with potential targets. One can easily assume that a permit owner probably has in his/her possession one or more guns. If I'm a criminal looking for a new or extra gun, this information save me the trouble of randomly robbing houses. I now can zero-in on the likely locations to "acquire" new weapons.

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New York Newspaper to Release More Names of Gun Permit Owners After Uproar

Following the shooting in Newtown, CT a suburban New York newspaper sparked quite an uproar among gun enthusiasts by publishing names and addresses of residents who held pistol permits. Now this same newspaper is looking to publish even more names.

More names and addresses will bed added to a map that was originally posted on Christmas Eve in the Journal News from White Plains, NY. The first map listed thousands of pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland county, which are just north of New York City.

Along with an article entitled "The gun owner next door: What...

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