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Saturday, January 19, 2013

NY NEWSPAPER REMOVES HANDGUN PERMIT HOLDER DATA

A suburban New York newspaper that outraged gun owners by posting the names and addresses of residents with handgun permits removed the information from its website Friday.

The Journal News took down the data just three days after the state enacted a gun control law that included privacy provisions for permit holders.

The provisions were a reaction to interactive maps the newspaper published on LoHud.com that pinpointed thousands of permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Two homes on their list were robbed and the guns stolen.