Sentences with phrase «of gun permit holders»

Shortly after the tragic shooting events in Newton, Connecticut late last year, a newspaper serving suburban communities just outside New York City decided to publish on its website a map of gun permit holders.

In my capacity as the Rockland County Clerk, I write to request that your newspaper remove the interactive map and any information which depicts the names and addresses of gun permit holders in Rockland County from your website located at www.lohud.com.

In late December, the White Plains - based Journal News had infamously published the home addresses of gun permit holders, including thousands of police and other law enforcement.

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.

Just consider the backlash The Journal News is weathering after its decision to publish on - line the names and addresses of gun permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.

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Publishing the home address of gun permit holders raises privacy and safety concerns for both gun owners and non-gun owners alike.»

A New York appellate court has ruled in favor of the NYPD's decision NOT to release the addresses of gun permit holders» to the NY Times newspaper.

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Holders of annual hunting permits, government workers, and NSDAP members were no longer subject to gun ownership restrictions.

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.

The Newtown massacre has generated so much proposed legislation — to expand the state's assault - weapons ban, make gun permit holders» names available publicly, reform the mental health system, and increase school security — that leaders of the General Assembly have decided they need to step in and direct traffic.

When an order of protection is issued against a permit holder, police will go to their home to take custody of the weapons (the prohibition applies to both pistols and long guns).

Thousands of registered gun permit holders are trying to get their names removed from the public record, a daunting task for local officials.

The anonymity exemption, which requires gun owners to provide a reason they wish to remain out of the public record, is a response to the controversy that followed the Journal News» publication last month of the names and addresses of over 33 thousand hand gun permit holders in Rockland and Westchester counties, north of New York City.

Erie County Legislator Joseph Lorigo sent a letter on Jan. 16, 2013 to Chairwoman Betty Jean Grant requesting that the Legislature hold a special session to act on his resolution that requests Erie County Clerk Christopher L. Jacobs withhold the names of pistol permit holders in Erie County from public release until the New York State Judicial System thoroughly reviews and rules on freedom of information requests pertaining to gun permit holders.

The various pieces of legislation championed by New York Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention would strengthen background checks, close loopholes for out - of - state gun permit holders, prevent those convicted of certain domestic violence offenses from buying guns, among other measures.

WHEREAS, while there are some areas of the legislation that the Cortland County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc. finds encouraging the strengthening of Kendra's law and Mark's law, as well as privacy protections for certain of pistol permit holders, many other provision do little more than negatively impact lawful gun owners; and

WHEREAS, while there are some areas of the legislation that the Orleans County Legislature finds encouraging, such as addressing glaring shortcomings in the mental health system, the strengthening of Kendra's Law and Mark's law, as well as privacy protections for certain pistol permit holders, by - and - large, we find the legislation does little more than negatively impact lawful gun ownership; and

The interactive map and any information published by your newspaper on the website deprives gun permit holders in Rockland County the opportunity to avail themselves of this statutory right.

The importance of this statutory prohibition in the SAFE Act is to allow gun permit holders and applicants for licenses to have a fair opportunity to request an exemption from the release of their names and addresses from the application before it becomes a public record.

Also, please refrain from any further disclosure of information about gun permit holders in Rockland County during the one hundred twenty (120) day period or until my office has an opportunity to furnish your newspaper with an updated list, through FOIL, consistent with the law.