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Bill Keller: I wouldn’t have published gun-owners map in NYT
Former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller weighs in on the controversy over a local New York newspaper which published the names and addresses of gun-permit holders:
[W]hen you are going to make a sizable population of law-abiding citizens feel violated, you have to ask yourself, what is the offsetting gain? In this case, I think, not much. The information The Journal News provided its readers is so far from complete as to be misleading. The public records identify only legal handguns. They tell you nothing about the neighbor who has an equally legal and equally lethal rifle or shotgun, let alone an illegal weapon. The publication has not spurred a healthy debate; it has merely escalated a shouting match, and given the N.R.A. a new rallying cry. The outcry may even provoke state legislatures to withdraw gun databases from public records, so they will not be available when they might really be useful. It’s a close call, but I’d have found a different way to make the point.
Keller’s full column here.
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Liberalismsamentaldisorder
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 11:16am“equally lethal hunting rifle”
One of the great issues with uninformed politicians running your life.
A hunting rifle is FAR more lethal than any pistol.
A hunting rifle is FAR more lethal than most of the so-called assault rifles.
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conservative karl
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:49am“The outcry may even provoke state legislatures to withdraw gun databases from public records, so they will not be available when they might really be useful.” When would those records ever be useful other than for intimidation and confiscation? I honestly can’t think of a single honest reason for making that information public let alone collecting the information in the first place.
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biohazard23
Posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:33amSure, he says that now, but you know if he were still there, that list would have been above the fold on the front page for a week straight.
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