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Louisiana: Publish Gun Info, Go To Jail, Pay $10K

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Songbird, Jun 30, 2013.

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  1. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I guess it is all in presentation, but I have no problem with a paper publishing a list of public salaries or gun permit holders.

    And I don't know why you would feel sorry because someone was listed as having a permit.

    Now, I live in a state where you could juggle with your handguns an no one would care.
     
    Ace, Jul 1, 2013
    #25
  2. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    The Journal News is published in Westchester County within about a half hour's drive of Newtown. The gun permit map was published about a month after the massacre.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/journal-news-removes-gun-map_n_2507382.html
     
    cranberry, Jul 1, 2013
    #26
  3. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I think they way they presented it was stupid, but I don't think any of the complaints about having gun ownership made public holds water.
     
    Ace, Jul 1, 2013
    #27
  4. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    The records were public with or without the newspaper. My only complaint is with the way the newspaper presented them -- in an irresponsible way that invited unwarranted scorn on ordinary, law-abiding people who had done nothing wrong let alone illegal.
     
    cranberry, Jul 1, 2013
    #28
  5. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I agree with that.
     
    Ace, Jul 1, 2013
    #29
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