The newspaper continues to meddle with
gun owner information, recently winning a round in separate lawsuits against Putnam and Rockland County, seeking the release of information pertaining to the identity of local permit holders.
Not exact matches
The newspaper recently published the names and addresses of area permit - carrying
gun owners obtained from a Freedom of
Information Law request.
Though this is true, Putnam County refused to give
information about licensed
gun owners to The Journal News, a move that has received support from state Senator Greg Ball, R - Patterson.
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Legislature approved several resolutions addressing
gun control and the recent controversy surrounding the Journal News» publication of
gun owners» personal
information at its 5 p.m. meeting on January 8, 2013.
The Rockland County Legislature approved several resolutions addressing
gun control and the recent controversy surrounding the Journal News» publication of
gun owners» personal
information at its 5 p.m. meeting on January 8, 2013.
Senate bill (S2132) would protect lawful
gun owners, including thousands of retired and active law enforcement and victim of domestic violence survivors, from having their
information publicly disclosed.
The second rationale
gun owners can appeal to in going off the public disclosure grid is that publication of their identifying
information could make them subject to «unwarranted harassment.»
Dylan Skriloff, who works for The Rockland County Times, stated that 25 percent of the
information on
gun owners published by The Journal News is -LSB-...]
Regardless of anyone's position on the issue of
gun control, people on both sides of the debate have agreed that publicizing personal
information of legal
gun owners served no positive purpose.
Among them was the editor who published the
gun owner's
information.
State Senator Greg Ball (R - Patterson) ensured that any new
gun legislation contained a «Journal News Clause» protecting the private
information of
gun owners.
Regulations in NY SAFE, the new
gun control law passed this week by the state of New York, preclude the release of
gun permit
information for a 120 - period, allowing
gun -
owners to request a privacy exemption.
Those gathered indicated support for the state law prohibiting the publication of such
information and advertised a new initiative forthcoming whereby
gun owners will have the opportunity to pick up free trigger locks for their
guns at a to - be-determined county office building.
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