Gannet newspaper publishes names and addresses of gun owners

http://www.lohud.com/interactive/article/20121223/NEWS01/121221011/Map-Where-gun-permits-your-neighborhood-

Crossing the line.

Human wrote:http://www.lohud.com/interactive/article/20121223/NEWS01/121221011/Map-Where-gun-permits-your-neighborhood-

Crossing the line.

I am surprised that publishing that information is legal. Wow.

riceme wrote:

Human wrote:http://www.lohud.com/interactive/article/20121223/NEWS01/121221011/Map-Where-gun-permits-your-neighborhood-

Crossing the line.

I am surprised that publishing that information is legal. Wow.

It is public information and available under the FOIA.

Gannet is just furthering their anti- second amendment stance. They are almost tits up anyway.

might help some dirtbags steal some guns to kill innocent people..

VectorMan wrote:It may actually help make the gun owners and their families safer. Would you break in to a house if you knew the occupants were armed?

Or make it where criminals stake out your house to see a pattern of comings and goings so that they know when to come to your house and steal your weapons.

I bought a nice one today....

Virtually every comment on that article was slamming it. Does gannet ever get any positive feedback? Not even up North? LOL

riceme wrote:

Human wrote:http://www.lohud.com/interactive/article/20121223/NEWS01/121221011/Map-Where-gun-permits-your-neighborhood-

Crossing the line.

I am surprised that publishing that information is legal. Wow.

The information is part of the governments open records files so it's accessible to anyone.

The newspaper pulled that in my county for permits county wide and had hundreds of people cancel their subscription in return. Long story short the paper printed an apology but I don't think it brought long time subscribers back. Those subscribers went to another newspaper in one of the smaller towns in county and asked them to publish county wide obituaries and other certain county local news items if they all agreed to subscribe there instead.

After all most of those subscribers are only looking for local news from the local paper anyway. They get most of the worldwide breaking news from other sources that are either statewide or nationwide.

*****SMILE*****

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww5GXbk58R0

Isnt it odd how something that lives and breathes by virtue of the first amendment constantly slams the second.

Looks to be a shopping list for criminals. Just avoid the homes with weapons.

I wonder if there would be any legal ramifications for the newspaper if someone in one of the houses without weapons was broken into and the owners assaulted or worse?

TEOTWAWKI wrote:might help some dirtbags steal some guns to kill innocent people..

That was my thinking as well, T.

*An aside: About 50% of the time I don't get the little marker on this site showing me that there are new comments to threads to which I have commented. Does that happen to anyone else??

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

VectorMan wrote:It may actually help make the gun owners and their families safer. Would you break in to a house if you knew the occupants were armed?

Or make it where criminals stake out your house to see a pattern of comings and goings so that they know when to come to your house and steal your weapons.

I bought a nice one today....

That is kind of similar to what happened to me in March of 2011, except that it was at 0339 hours and I was tazed. The guy had been a subcontractor who helped build the house next door and knew my patterns, comings and goings, that I was a single girl with no dog or boyfriend, etc. I only WISH that all he wanted were my firearms and had broken in while I wasn't home though.

Gunz wrote:Isnt it odd how something that lives and breathes by virtue of the first amendment constantly slams the second.

A strange and unfortunate contradiction for sure, Gunz.

Damn. That must be one of the safest places on Earth.