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NickB79

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17. With 1/3 of all households in the US owning guns

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 08:52 PM

Dec 2012

You'd have to become a shut-in to "steer clear" of all gun owners. You'd be lucky to make it off your block.

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Pro-Gun Blogger Retaliates Against Database By Publishing Newspaper Staff’s Personal Info [View all] Purveyor Dec 2012 OP

yet another moron who should be kept away from guns nt msongs Dec 2012 #1

Sue the fucker. Sue all gun fuckers. Sue them back into the stone age where they belong. nt onehandle Dec 2012 #2

On what grounds? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #4

For publishing public information? ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #9

Maybe not such a great idea. LARED Dec 2012 #3

Unfortunately, the Bush/Cheney years misled some into believing that privacy is "quaint" derby378 Dec 2012 #7

i'm having a hard time taking that at face value.. frylock Dec 2012 #14

His gay and black friends all agree with him too, I suspect. Robb Dec 2012 #20

Great Idea Is To Publish National Maps Of All Gun Owners So I Can Steer Clear Before One Goes Postal cantbeserious Dec 2012 #5

With 1/3 of all households in the US owning guns NickB79 Dec 2012 #17

That May Be True - But Knowing Who These People Are Means I Can Personally Shun Them cantbeserious Dec 2012 #38

The data needed to create such a map simply does not exist slackmaster Dec 2012 #21

Then All The Better Reason To Institute Mandatory Gun Registration Just Like Automobiles cantbeserious Dec 2012 #39

Two wrongs don't make a right Turbineguy Dec 2012 #6

Yeah really. Initech Dec 2012 #36

Publicly Available Information Of Gun Owners - Someone Is Leveraging That Data cantbeserious Dec 2012 #40

As predictable as sunrise, one of those reporters Robb Dec 2012 #8

I have read where some of the people on the list have gotten phone calls and other communications ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #10

Delighting in the intimidation of the press? Robb Dec 2012 #11

No, I am finding amusement in journalists going through what they dish out ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #13

You're creeping me out. Robb Dec 2012 #22

I have no respect for the media or so called journalists ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #23

"Its not like journalism is a real profession. There are no enforced standards or even rules." Chorophyll Dec 2012 #25

RWS said it well, information wants to be free and I agree that public information is indeed public ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #30

This tit-for-tat bullplop is getting old. Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #12

I would have expect the so called journalists to not do what they did or accept similar treatment ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #15

Don't know which is more disturbing Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #16

That level of privacy violation is not schoolyard childishness. However, since there is no viable ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #18

Once again the idea that you dub yourself "professor" and Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #24

If there is no law, then all public data is fair game ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #28

What the paper did isn't "noble". Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #31

and publishing photos, links to pics of their children and description of her car as well as the bettyellen Dec 2012 #27

As WBC and others have learned...don't mess with the geeks ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #29

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #19

Sorry, can't believe they didn't anticipate this - lynne Dec 2012 #26

My kindergarten teacher taught me that two wrongs don't make a right Piazza Riforma Dec 2012 #33

Owners of handguns and assault weapons bowens43 Dec 2012 #32

Tattoos on their foreheads perhaps or at the very least...armbands? ;) eom Purveyor Dec 2012 #34

Great idea. IF you own a snub nosed revolver you can be identified like this... LARED Dec 2012 #35

History shows how some people were forced to wear clothing for identification. ... spin Dec 2012 #37

I'm having a hard time feeling any sympathy for these "journalists." NaturalHigh Dec 2012 #41