In their ham-handed attempt to seek to publicly shame legal gun-permit holders in New York State, the anti-gun folks have posted a map detailing the homes, (in Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Counties), where these legal gun permit-holders live. In doing so, they have only succeeded in endangering the homes of non-gun-permit holders.
Congratulations, liberal knee-jerk anti-gun media! You have made it easier for criminals to terrorize the non gun permit-holding citizens of said counties.
For shame, for shame.
What will you say the first time a house wherein you have made sure to inform that there is no legal gun-permit holder residing is burgled, or worse, the target of a home invasion? Exactly.
This pathetic attempt on your part to shame legal gun-holders will backfire. You have not brought attention to legal gun-holders. You have brought attention to the unarmed. These people are now essentially sitting-ducks. Again, Congratulations!
My advice to the fine folks of these afflicted counties in New York State, who do not happen to legally own a firearm is simple: Get a legal gun for your houses. There is now a target on them, thanks to the anti-gun media.
Regardless of where one stands on the issue of gun control, a treasure map is stupid, shame on Gannett!
In a situation where the legal gun owner is a caregiver or legal guardian to a mentally ill person, do neighbors have a right to know that guns are now in the mix with someone who shouldn't ever be near a gun (i.e. the Sandy Hook shooter). Would neighbors have a right to know? Should just the police know? What would be an effective way of managing this situation? I know I would be concerned (especially in hindsight) if I knew my neighbor had firearms, ammo and a mentally ill person living with them? Valid? By no means am I proposing the publishing of gun owner lists.
It would seem that the list only serves to help criminals find easier (un-armed) targets. that's my two cents... Happy New Year all.
They've published a list of those who have permits for HANDGUNS. They specifically state: "The data does not include owners of long guns — rifles or shotguns — which can be purchased without a permit." So, it isn't a logical follow that just because a house doesn't have a permit, doesn't mean they aren't armed. Estimates are that 40%-45% of households own some type of gun (from justfacts.com - which is seemingly unbiased in their statistics). The number of dots on that map sure doesn't seem like 40%-45% of households (whether that number holds true for NY as a whole, I don't know). But, I don't think that somebody who wants to break in to a house, knowing that this map leaves out all SHOTGUN owners, is really going to use it as a "treasure map" to attack those who are unarmed. I mean, not all criminals are stupid enough to think that this is a map to every house that is *safe* to rob. Please.