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N.Y. newspaper posts gun permit map

By zzyzzx   Follow   Thu, 27 Dec 2012, 4:15pm   663 views   16 comments
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ny-newspaper-posts-gun-permit-map-starts-nasty-online-battle/2012/12/26/747ae7d6-4fb0-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html

The Journal News of White Plains, N.Y., on Saturday posted an interactive map with the names and addresses of handgun permit owners in New York’s Westchester and Rockland counties.

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1. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 410 threads 4,107 comments Baltimore, MD

   1   4:16pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   This was an incredibly stupid thing to do. It's either a map for thieves for guns to steal, or a map for thieves for unarmed houses, take your pick!

2. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,181 threads 6,153 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA Premium

   2   4:22pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Protected   I agree that there's more of a deterrence effect for everyone if thieves are afraid the occupants of any house might be armed.

3. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 228 threads 2,748 comments

   3   6:42pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   zzyzzx says This was an incredibly stupid thing to do. It's either a map for thieves for guns to steal, or a map for thieves for unarmed houses, take your pick! I wonder how many of the gun owners are liberals..... after all, it is NY....

4. woppa Follow Befriend (3) 2 threads 178 comments Bronx, NY

   4   8:18pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Once I move out of NYC, you can count me in on the list of liberal gun owners.

5. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 228 threads 2,748 comments

   5   8:21pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   woppa says Once I move out of NYC, you can count me in on the list of liberal gun owners. Don't move to NJ, it's just as bad!!!

6. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,193 comments San Jose, CA Premium

   6   8:25pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   I've tripwired my yard with claymores. Downside is the girl scouts don't come by selling cookies anymore.

7. HEY YOU Follow Befriend (4) 328 threads 913 comments

   7   8:28pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Is the gun owners info available to the public in NY?

8. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 410 threads 4,107 comments Baltimore, MD

   8   9:07pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Call it Crazy says Don't move to NJ, it's just as bad!!! Obligatory:

9. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 228 threads 2,748 comments

   9   7:33am Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   HEY YOU says Is the gun owners info available to the public in NY? Yes, it was posted on a main newspaper site in the cities around NYC on a searchable google map.

10. StillLooking Follow Befriend 27 threads 233 comments Skokie, IL

    10   8:00am Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Patrick says I agree that there's more of a deterrence effect for everyone if thieves are afraid the occupants of any house might be armed. This is just plain not true. The house with the guns is the much more tempting target. Having guns makes one's life more risky.

11. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 228 threads 2,748 comments

    11   8:03am Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   StillLooking says Having guns makes one's life more risky. For who?? The owner or the potential thief?

12. lostand confused Follow Befriend (9) 159 threads 1,528 comments Premium

    12   8:09am Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Great-both sides are nuts. First it was the extreme rights posting abortion providers names and addresses. Now the extreme left posts gun owners addresses. But yes, as others have noted, thieves can now find which houses are not armed and go after them, instead of picking houses at random.

13. Call it Crazy Follow Befriend 228 threads 2,748 comments

    13   8:17am Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   lostand confused says But yes, as others have noted, thieves can now find which houses are not armed and go after them, instead of picking houses at random. I can smell the lawsuits already. When the police catch a guy accused of a violent crime, and the guy said he picked the house based on that map, the lawyers will be lining up by the busload...

14. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

    14   12:10pm Sat 5 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   and yet the 1st Amendment is more important than the 2nd.

15. Lam Follow Befriend 50 comments

    15   2:46pm Sat 5 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   For the original picture, the sign in the garden of the house pointed to by the arrow could say "I'm a fireman, I won't be putting out house fires for gun-owning nut jobs. I got the message"

16. HEY YOU Follow Befriend (4) 328 threads 913 comments

    16   4:31pm Sat 5 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Call it Crazy says HEY YOU says Is the gun owners info available to the public in NY? Yes, it was posted on a main newspaper site in the cities around NYC on a searchable google map. This was just another one of my sarcastic questions. If people don't like what's in the public domain,they can change the law,move to another state or STFU. I would like to see the fight over attempts to change the law.