A newspaper in New York's Lower Hudson Valley that was besieged by criticism for publishing the names of local gun owners in December now reportedly has hired armed guards because of safety concerns.After the Dec. 14 shootings at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting left 20 children and six adult staffers dead, The Journal News published the names and addresses of licensed gun owners across New York's Westchester and Rockland counties. The information was publicly available — something anyone can access through a Freedom of Information Act request. But the newspaper's move to post an interactive map with the data online brought a heated reaction.
The Journal News has hired armed security guards for its Rockland County headquarters in West Nyack, N.Y. through at least Wednesday, according to the Rockland County Times.
The Times cited local police reports that stated a Journal News editor was concerned by the amount of "negative correspondence" the paper's office received. But the hired security firm told Clarkstown, N.Y., police last Friday that there had been no problems at the newspaper's headquarters, the Journal News reported.
if there were threats or rumors of they would come from the gun owners themselves or a faction of the NRA to swcare any further oposition to those that ave guns.
actually since they promote a gun in every pot theory so criminals would not take a chance doesn't this do the same but more specifically, or are the homeowners ashamed?
"We felt sharing information about gun permits in our area was important in the aftermath of the Newtown shootings," Janet Hasson, president and publisher of The Journal News Media Group, told Reuters.
that half an answer might have some credibility if she had said why. have they been forced into what is said to be the reason for those permits, fear?
