School Shooting Newtown CT

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Umm you do realize that anybody has access to this information right?: While the people who do make the most use of sunshine laws are members of the news media, they are available for anybody to use.

Umm i'm like 99% sure that sunshine laws don't cover issuance of CHL permits.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Umm i'm like 99% sure that sunshine laws don't cover issuance of CHL permits.

Both that article and a quick google search indicate that in New York, issuance of CHL permits are public records.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Both that article and a quick google search indicate that in New York, issuance of CHL permits are public records.

Yes it appears that NY is a little more lax in the release of that information but it doesn't answer the question of why they did it or what they were hoping to achieve with this. Ostracize gun owners? Treat CHL holders like they are rapists? I can't think of one single good reason to publish these peoples names, can you?

Some fallout from the map.
http://newyork.newsday.com/news/nati...-say-1.4407323

Inmates at the Rockland County jail are taunting corrections officers by saying they know the guards' home addresses -- information they got from the list published by Westchester-based newspaper, Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco said.
"Since about 9:30 this morning, I've been in a meeting with my corrections officers and their unions. They have inmates coming up to them and telling them exactly where they live. That's not acceptable to me," Falco said at a news conference Friday morning in New City, where local leaders condemned the list.

"When I saw the list, I had an immediate flood of emotions that I cannot even describe to you," said Swift. "I originally obtained a gun permit because I had previously been married to a man who attempted to strangle me . . . The first emotion I felt was, 'Oh my gosh, he can find me.'"

Wieder (D-Spring Valley) called the publication of the list "irresponsible journalism" and said he now fears for his safety because the map broadcast that he does not have a gun license. At the news conference Friday morning, he handed a $150 certified check and a completed pistol permit application to Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato.
"I never owned a gun but now I have no choice," Wieder said. "I have been exposed as someone that has no gun. And I'll do anything, anything to protect my family."

If the purpose is "public safety", they should publish the names and addresses of people being treated for psychological disorders, since that appears to be the real common denominator in all of these mass killings.