This is irrelevant. The really dangerous ones are the video-game players.
NY newspaper runs interactive map with names, addresses of gun permit holders
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#12In theory there should be nothing wrong with putting already-publicly available data online in a format digestible by the general public. The issue is that we put permit holders on a public list in the first place. These are law abiding citizens who have registered their guns legally. Making the information public, especially in stunts like this, does nothing but dissuade people from registering their firearms to avo…
"Law abiding citizens" follow the law even if it doesn't please them.
Re: NY newspaper runs interactive map with names, addresses of gun permit holders
#13Title should be: "NY newspaper runs interactive map with names, addresses of handgun permit holders" You do not need to read beyond the first ten words to realize this: "The map indicates the addresses of all pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties. Each dot represents an individual permit holder licensed to own a handgun — a pistol or revolver" In order to have a rational debate on improving gun c…
Are assault rifles licensed separately?
Re: NY newspaper runs interactive map with names, addresses of gun permit holders
#14In theory there should be nothing wrong with putting already-publicly available data online in a format digestible by the general public. The issue is that we put permit holders on a public list in the first place. These are law abiding citizens who have registered their guns legally. Making the information public, especially in stunts like this, does nothing but dissuade people from registering their firearms to avo…
It might instead persuade people to register their firearms, if criminals use the data to avoid these houses.
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#15This is absolutely terrible. This is a perfect example of the persecution gun owners fear when they're asked to register their weapons. We need more gun registration and exposing data like this does nothing but hinder that goal.
Re: NY newspaper runs interactive map with names, addresses of gun permit holders
#16Title should be: "NY newspaper runs interactive map with names, addresses of handgun permit holders" You do not need to read beyond the first ten words to realize this: "The map indicates the addresses of all pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties. Each dot represents an individual permit holder licensed to own a handgun — a pistol or revolver" In order to have a rational debate on improving gun c…
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Re: NY newspaper runs interactive map with names, addresses of gun permit holders
#17The gun scare is getting ridiculous. Things like this make people think that anyone who owns a gun might just walk into a crowded place and start shooting.
> make people think that anyone who owns a gun might just walk into a crowded place and start shooting.
That's exactly how a particular side of the debate wants to frame the issue.
It's a notion that "ordinary" people aren't capable of responsibly making life-or-death decisions. That guns have to be a monopoly of "extraordinary" people -- police and miliatry -- who are working for the state. (As if they aren't themselves "ordinary" people!)
Re: NY newspaper runs interactive map with names, addresses of gun permit holders
#18This is absolutely terrible. This is a perfect example of the persecution gun owners fear when they're asked to register their weapons. We need more gun registration and exposing data like this does nothing but hinder that goal.
Not if criminals use the data to avoid these houses. Then people might register in greater numbers. They might buy a gun just to get on the public list.
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#19Nice. Stupid gun owners. Lets post the names of these violent people.
Re: NY newspaper runs interactive map with names, addresses of gun permit holders
#20Nice. Stupid gun owners. Lets post the names of these violent people.