WestVirginiaRebel Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Politicker: At the end of December, the Journal News published a detailed map of all of the handgun permit owners in Westchester and Rockland counties, a move that caused much controversy among both gun rights and privacy advocates who felt the map placed figurative targets on the highlighted households. This evening, the publication announced it was was pulling the map, but claimed it was due to New York State’s new gun control law, passed at the start of the week, rather than a response to criticism. “Today The Journal News has removed the permit data from lohud.com. Our decision to do so is not a concession to critics that no value was served by the posting of the map in the first place,” Journal News‘ publisher Janet Hasson wrote. “On the contrary, we’ve heard from too many grateful community members to consider our decision to post information contained in the public record to have been a mistake. Nor is our decision made because we were intimidated by those who threatened the safety of our staffers. We know our business is a controversial one, and we do not cower.” Because handgun permit information is now classified as private information not subject to a Freedom of Information Law request, Ms. Hasson said that the map simply lost value to users. “But the database has been public for 27 days and we believe those who wanted to view it have done so already,” she continued. “As well, with the passage of time, the data will become outdated and inaccurate….[W]e will keep a snapshot of our map–with all its red dots– on our website to remind the community that guns are a fact of life we should never forget. ________ Neither will the people who were robbed becasue of this map... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Politicker: “But the database has been public for 27 days and we believe those who wanted to view it have done so already,” she continued. “As well, with the passage of time, the data will become outdated and inaccurate….[W]e will keep a snapshot of our map–with all its red dots– on our website to remind the community that guns are a fact of life we should never forget. ________ Neither will the people who were robbed becasue of this map... Causes one to wonder just what they thought (if think they did) they were doing, and what this would accomplish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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