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Originally Posted by jplinville
Look at what the press was so kind to do...they published names and addresses of permit holders in two counties of CT. All anyone has to do is wait for the occupants to leave, then break in and get a free gun. Stolen guns are widely used in the commission of crimes.
The interactive maps allow you to click on the dots, getting the address and name of the permit holder.
Is this the scarlet letter of 2013?? Great going, media...you've outed two counties worth of lawful gun permit holders...
http://www.lohud.com/interactive/article/20121223/NEWS01/121221011 |
Is that private information? Can it be searched for in another way such as tax records? If not that was grossly irresponsible on there part of the paper and should be prosecuted if laws were broken.
Perhaps the gun owners should lock up their weapons. After all, like you said, stolen guns are often used in the commission of a crime.
That is why I have been saying gun owners need to be held responsible for their guns. If your gun gets stolen and used in a crime, you should be held at least in part, liable for the crime as well.
When the NRA actually steps up to the plate and starts to advocate gun owner responsibility then I might believe that the NRA actually believes in responsible gun ownership.