Home in The Journal News Gun Map Targeted for Gun Robbery
 

Home in The Journal News Gun Map Targeted for Gun Robbery

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A home in New York's Westchester County (pictured above) that was identified in The Journal News' infamous interactive map outlining gun permit holders last month was burglarized on Saturday, local TV station WDEF reported. The thieves' target? The homeowner's gun safe, officials said.

The thieves reportedly used a ladder to enter a second-story window while the homeowner (pictured at left), a man in his 70s, was out. The thieves unsuccessfully attempted to break into the homeowner's gun safe, where he kept a number of legally-owned weapons.

According to a statement by New York State Sen. Greg Ball, "the burglar used the Journal News' interactive gun map to target a home included on the map." Ball adds that the local newspaper should be held entirely accountable for this burglary and that The Journal News has "placed the lives of these folks at risk by creating a virtual shopping list for criminals and nut jobs."

Ball's sentiments are echoed by former crooks, who said that the information published online by The Journal News could be "highly useful" for criminals, who now know where they are able to steal weapons.

Officials are still trying to determine whether the break-in was directly connected to The Journal News map. UPDATE -- 5:35 p.m. EST -- Officials told The Journal News that it was "premature" to say whether there was any connection between the newspaper's map of gun permit holders and the burglary. "We see no pattern of people breaking into homes based on the map, but we're certainly paying attention and monitoring that," said White Plains Public Safety Commissioner David Chong. Three other burglaries occurred in the area Saturday, and police said that they did not appear to be connected to The Journal News' map.

It is possible for anyone to find out if neighbors own gun permits in their area -- but it depends on whether your state has a gun registry. In those states that do, you can file a Freedom of Information request to find out names and addresses listed on the registry. Only a minority of states have them, however, since most states do not require residents to obtain a permit to purchase a firearm.

And even in those states with registries, you can never know if your neighbor possesses a gun illegally. You also can't be sure if someone who has a gun permit actually owns a gun, because state registries only track the permits, not guns.

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Databases don't break into people's homes, people do.

touche ???

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Well, that's the idiotic post of the day.

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I think I've been giving you more credit than you deserve and you were already getting next to none from me.

well when you give out free treasure maps https://gfy.com/images/icons/tongue2.gif

:2 cents:

Yeah, but criminals are criminals. Just because the bad guys might break into a house doesn't mean the good guys shouldn't have access to such data for their own protection.

Only when gun nuts use that kind of logic it makes sense right?

Orly?

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:2 cents:

The Journal News is going to take a lot of slack over this for a long time, I heard of other websites publishing the names and addresses of Journal News employees. You don't fuck with people with guns...common sense 101. :pimp

Brilliant fucking move - let's print the address of everyone who owns a firearm.

Some burglars just did.

that was wrong of them to post that info in paper/

The newspaper editor didn't do anything wrong.

Just like the gun manufacturers didn't do anything wrong.

Blame the criminal, not law abiding citizens!

Hahah I know right, these neckbeard nerds are spouting "If someone tried to rob me, they would get a bullet in their skull" while they push their glasses up to their nose, wipe the sweat from their forehead. Yea I'm sure the average gfy gun owner would react enough in time to propel their 300 pound bodies to pull a trigger in a split second :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I think what he said flew right over you guy's heads..

But all legal gun owners are just peaceful folk trying to protect themselves.

how about you livened in an area, say by a school for instance... and it was the kinda area where it was better to keep you 'homosexuality' on the down low, say maybe your BF was a school teacher.... THEN some asswipe newspaper prints your address on map and outs you and your BF for being homos... pretty much the same thing as the gun locations... :2 cents:

I don't think the 'people' have the right to know and if I was in either situation I would be suing that paper for everything they have... JUST like I'm sure you would...

I heard on the radio that studies show burglars are more afraid of my dogs then they are of guns when considering what houses to rob. :2 cents:

There are two schools within a half mile of me. I guess you didn't read that article OY posted. Parents should be more scared of a heterosexual male such as yourself living by a school. Also, there is no gay registry and gays do not kill people when fired. Any other points you want to make to appear stupid?

could you imagine? someone wanting to kill themselves and others. prints out the list breaks into a house gets the gun and ammo and the killing spree begins? :helpme

Are you trying to say Gun owners are homos?

But I thought criminals were afraid of people that owned guns.

most are but then you have pros. ex military that can kick the door in and regulate. :helpme some gangs pick up military tactics.

...and then break into the houses that arent listed as firearm owners, since they will be easier targets you're less likely to get shot.

Exactly, Mr. Pheer. The published list of gun owners should be seeing fewer burglaries because they're known to be armed and ready for bear, right? In that state the owners need to have taken a firearms course? If not, then explain to me how does a gun add to your home defense instead of just attracting trouble.

I dont know, New York has strange gun laws.

I grew up in Texas and now spend almost all of my time in Nevada and Texas, and both states are very "gun friendly" meaning that the guns laws arent very restrictive on your rights to own guns, as long as you are legally allowed to do so.

When I lived in New York in the early 90's, the only firearm I had was a semi-automatic shotgun that I used for skeet shooting and hunting Canadian geese, and when using it for hunting I had to have a plug in the magazine, restricting its capacity to only three rounds.