Not exact matches
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.
A downstate newspaper published the names and addresses of
local residents holding
gun permits in late 2012.
In November 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave counties the option to adopt
local laws
permitting the sale and possession of sparklers and novelty devices (including caps for toy
guns, snappers and party poppers) during certain times of the year.
Thousands of registered
gun permit holders are trying to get their names removed from the public record, a daunting task for
local officials.
Joining Nulty and the County of Rockland Tuesday evening, the Orangetown Town Board publicly criticized the
gun map of the Rockland County Journal - News, saying the newspaper's recent publishing of a map listing the names and addresses of all
gun permit holders endangers the lives and safety of all police, correction, undercover and investigative officers, from
local town and village departments to federal security agencies.