Irony Of Guns

From Yahoo:
"NY newspaper hires armed guards after publishing gun permit names"

A suburban New York newspaper that ignited a furor by publishing the identities of thousands of residents who hold gun licenses has hired armed security to guard its staff after receiving an intimidating e-mail, a police report said. Among a "large amount of negative correspondence" that White Plains, New York-based Journal News has received since publishing permit holders' names was one e-mail in which the sender "wondered what would get in her mail next," according to a Clarkstown, New York, police report obtained by Reuters on Wednesday. The editor, Caryn McBride, told police the newspaper hired a private security company whose "employees are armed and will be on site during business hours," the report said. The guards are protecting the newspaper's staff and Rockland County offices in West Nyack, New York. Police told McBride the e-mail did not contain an explicit threat that could compel authorities to take action against the sender. The menacing e-mail was reported to police on December 28. The Journal News first published an interactive map listing the names and addresses of thousands of gun permit-holders in Westchester and Rockland counties, just north of New York City, on December 24. On Tuesday, authorities in nearby Putnam County said they will refuse to release names of permit-holders to the newspaper. "There is the rule of law, and there is right and wrong and the Journal News is clearly wrong," Putnam County Clerk Dennis Sant said in a statement. "I could not live with myself if one Putnam pistol permit-holder was put in harm's way, for the sole purpose of selling newspapers."

State gun-owner groups have called for an advertising boycott of the newspaper until it takes the map and identities off its website. Putnam County officials are to appear on Thursday at a news conference declaring their intentions, along with state Sen. Greg Ball, a Patterson, New York, Republican who has said he will introduce legislation to keep permit information private except for access by police and prosecutors.

^ While I do not believe in violence or threats against people I firmly believe in showing your disgust for what people do by boycotting them, writing them (non-threatening letters/e-mails) and writing the government about these people being allowed to do what they did. I find it ironic that a paper that is anti-gun is now using guns - maybe their information should be added to their map? I agree with Putnam County and hope that other local, state and federal governments follow-suit. Only law enforcement agencies should have the names and addresses of gun permit owners. Anyone else who discloses that information should be fined and/or imprisoned. It's clear this paper and all the staff involved in this aren't doing this for some noble cause, but merely trying to endanger innocent men, women and children by releasing their names and addresses. I find it "funny" that the paper's staff's names and home addresses have been published - in this case an eye for an eye is justified as long as it is non-violent. ^

http://news.yahoo.com/ny-newspaper-hires-armed-guards-publishing-gun-permit-234953056--finance.html