Jack E. Kemp
Now that the Westchester County elitist newspaper has created an interactive map of gun license registerees, the real world is again coming after these "smarter than though" clowns at Gannett News with unforeseen consequences. Prisoners are now threatening guards in Westchester and Rockland counties now that they can find out where they live. Gannett News is not only facing boycotts, but the expense of hiring lawyers. But even a lawyer can't convincingly spin much in terms of death threats - and people willing to carry them out.
Here's an excerpt from the Fox News story mentioned by Pamela Geller's Atlas Shrugs website:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/04/law-enforcement-latest-critics...
Inmates using newspaper's gun owner map to threaten guards, sheriff says
Published January 04, 2013
FoxNews.com
Law enforcement officials from a New York region where a local paper published a map identifying gun owners say prisoners are using the information to intimidate guards.
Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco, who spoke at a news conference flanked by other county officials, said the Journal News' decision to post an online map of names and addresses of handgun owners Dec. 23 has put law enforcement officers in danger.
"They have inmates coming up to them and telling them exactly where they live. That's not acceptable to me," Falco said, according to Newsday. (Newsday is a Long Island and New York City newspaper).
Robert Riley, an officer with the White Plains Police Department and president of its Patrolman’s Benevolent Association, agreed.
"You have guys who work in New York City who live up here. Now their names and addresses are out there, too," he said adding that there are 8,000 active and retired NYPD officers currently living in Rockland County.
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Comment
All those people should get together (easy contact - check the paper for names and addresses) and sue the paper out of business for gutting their privacy and putting them in danger. It couldn't hurt to picket the houses of the decision makers of this paper. Make their address and names Public.
Comment by Gene Pietrowski on January 7, 2013 at 11:20am Paul: As a member of the NRA and a CC permit holder I agree with you. But I was remarking on the stupidity of the newspapers and a possibility of unexpected liability for them.
Comment by Jack Kemp on January 6, 2013 at 9:08pm Gene, since I never said I was an attorney, I think you should ask someone else for a definitive answer WITHIN a given state (50 possibilities). It seems to me that that the controversy in the example you gave would result in the victim seeking some kind of making the newspaper pay for their callous disregard for citizens' safety either in a criminal court, in a civil court, via a boycott or other public outcry. It seems if someone lost their wife or husband, that will lead to tv news coverage that will drive the readership of the paper way down, even if they "win" in court, I wouldn't buy the newspaper company's stock, for example.
Comment by Paul Szemanczky on January 6, 2013 at 8:39pm Gene: I know 100 guys who have unregistered pistol, shoddies, rifles, ARs, Thompson etc., and they've (many of them) given guns away to friends and family that are unregistered, but all these weapons are ready to kill INTRUDERS or are worn C&C style and are ready to stop crime on the sts. innumerably, because both permitees and non-permitees KNOW the cops can't be everywhere, and they always come too late in any B&Em home-invasion, etc. None of these weapons will ever be registered, and they are (many of them) shot on countless ranges (outdoor and indoor) in all 50 states, so the ENEMY out there has a shi* load of things to think about BEFORE he comes breaking down your door, or banging on your car window to hi-jack your auto. I would say as the NRA knows: America is PROTECTED by more unregistered than registered weapons, and only a real 'jerk' would turn in a working firearm for $50.00 Walmart cards that the desperatly-mismanaged police departments with Out-of-Control crime paradoxes can't tame any other way.
Comment by Gene Pietrowski on January 6, 2013 at 4:08pm How abut this scenario Jack. SOmeone looks up an address of a gun owner. Then breaks in and steals a gun. The owner reports the theft with the serial number to the police. Later the perp robs a liquor store and someone is killed. They catch the perp and lo and behold the stolen gun turns ouit to be the weapon used. This now is felony murder. Is the newspaper responsible as abettor to the crime? While the info may be available to the public via freedom of information of public records they would have to ask for the information person by person. By the newspaper publishing all of the names and addresses en mass is abetting a would-be thief by making it easier to obtain the info. Only time will tell I guess and if I am right, abetting a felony murder subjects one to the same punishment as the actual perp. Wouldn't that be fun watching these stupid reporters and editors face jail time?
Comment by Jack Kemp on January 6, 2013 at 3:21pm Gene, I said would PROBABLY get thrown out, not DEFINITELY. Forty years ago, I would have said definitely.
Comment by Gene Pietrowski on January 6, 2013 at 2:41pm Well I am not so sure Jack. Victims of robberies have been successfully sued in the past for injuries sustained while committing breaking and entry crimes. Insurance company files are full of nonsense like this. The courts continue to victimize the victims. Is this a great country or what?
Comment by Jack Kemp on January 6, 2013 at 1:50pm Gene, there are sociopaths who would attempt to sue the paper for false info, but these suits would probably get thrown out. It would still be a time consuming nuisance for Gannett. Booo Hooo.
Comment by Gene Pietrowski on January 6, 2013 at 1:23pm I believe you are right Jack and although it may be difficult Doug, it can work in civil court as Jack suggests.
However, what if I were a criminal who used the map provided by the newspaper to break into a home I believed was "unarmed" but instead was armed and I got shot by a licensed gun owner, could I sue the paper for damages for providing false or inaccurate information without printing a correction/retraction? As indicated in the news by the police lately, many people who have moved do not notify the authorities or even died, so the information on file may very well be inaccurate.
Comment by Mary Chances on January 6, 2013 at 10:39am Google search Newspapers owned by Gannett---Most all the biggies in most every state are listed Including USA Today. The paper I was most familiar with sabotaged known conservatives. Simple adds on your business were published with deliberate wrong phone numbers. Wouldn't it be nice if we stood together in boycotts? See if your local paper is included in Gannetts poor judgements.
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