red states rule
01-19-2013, 04:05 AM
The liberal rag backed down - but the damage has been done
The suburban New York paper that caused a nationwide uproar over its online interactive map of gun permit owners in two counties has finally removed the chart from its website.
The map prompted thousands of complaints to the paper which also prompted the anti-gun paper to hire its own armed guards (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2013/01/02/gun-hating-new-york-journal-news-hires-armed-security-after-map-c) supposedly to protect its employees. The removal of the map was preceded by a new state law which protects gun permit holders’ privacy:
http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/thumbnail_photos/2013/January/NewYorkCountiesGunMapSmallDec2012_1.pngThe Journal News took down the data just three days (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GUN_PERMIT_DATABASE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-18-18-48-16) after the state enacted a gun control law that included privacy provisions for permit holders.
The provisions were a reaction to interactive maps the newspaper published on LoHud.com that pinpointed thousands of permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.
Gun rights activists had immediately complained that permit owners' privacy was being violated. They said the map could guide burglars to their homes while police groups claimed the map could lead ex-convicts to the officers who had put them away. [...]
State Sen. Greg Ball, the most vocal opponent of the posting, said, "Thank God The Journal News has finally realized the error in their judgment and done the right thing. ... I am proud to have passed legislation keeping The Journal News from doing this ever again."
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2013/01/18/disgraced-journal-news-removes-gun-owner-map#ixzz2ITArhg5x
The suburban New York paper that caused a nationwide uproar over its online interactive map of gun permit owners in two counties has finally removed the chart from its website.
The map prompted thousands of complaints to the paper which also prompted the anti-gun paper to hire its own armed guards (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2013/01/02/gun-hating-new-york-journal-news-hires-armed-security-after-map-c) supposedly to protect its employees. The removal of the map was preceded by a new state law which protects gun permit holders’ privacy:
http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/thumbnail_photos/2013/January/NewYorkCountiesGunMapSmallDec2012_1.pngThe Journal News took down the data just three days (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GUN_PERMIT_DATABASE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-18-18-48-16) after the state enacted a gun control law that included privacy provisions for permit holders.
The provisions were a reaction to interactive maps the newspaper published on LoHud.com that pinpointed thousands of permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.
Gun rights activists had immediately complained that permit owners' privacy was being violated. They said the map could guide burglars to their homes while police groups claimed the map could lead ex-convicts to the officers who had put them away. [...]
State Sen. Greg Ball, the most vocal opponent of the posting, said, "Thank God The Journal News has finally realized the error in their judgment and done the right thing. ... I am proud to have passed legislation keeping The Journal News from doing this ever again."
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2013/01/18/disgraced-journal-news-removes-gun-owner-map#ixzz2ITArhg5x