Newspaper Removes Gun Permit Data From Website With New York Gun Law Signed

The Journal News has removed handgun permit data from its website after an outcry about violating privacy rights of gun owners.

The Journal News took down the data just three days after the state enacted a gun control law that included privacy provisions for permit holders.

The provisions were a reaction to interactive maps the newspaper published on LoHud.com that pinpointed thousands of permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.

Gun rights activists had immediately complained that permit owners’ privacy was being violated. They said the map could guide burglars to their homes while police groups claimed the map could lead ex-convicts to the officers who had put them away.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.