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In reply to the discussion: New York newspaper to list more gun permit holders after uproar [View all]mainer
(12,022 posts)127. If you're the only Dem in a town of rabid GOP
can't they use that against you? Or you give to gay-rights PACs? Taking an unpopular stand can always be used against you.
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And their new list will surely include battered women, stalking victims, etc.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#1
Depends on who is doing the categorization, doesn't it? We need to broaden the categorization beyond
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#21
One could, but it's not likely. If gun nuts were satisfied with derringers, we'd have few problems.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#49
Not accurate, NYC Liberal. Home ownership data is public record. Addresses of renters are not.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#30
The uproar, as I see it, is that among the pistol permit holders are probably some people who are...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#56
Nah, the newspaper's First Amendment rights shouldn't be curtailed for any reason.
wtmusic
Dec 2012
#65
If a battered woman is staying with trusted friends or hiding at a safe house...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#66
You've posted that silly straw man argument several times now. It's not working.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#68
I regard the issue of someone who is trying to stay safe from a stalker as a serious one
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#73
She knew for three years that she was being stalked by a dangerous, unstable person
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#76
I don't have a contradiction on my hands at all. Guns offer enhanced capability for self-defense...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#95
You are correct Ms. Toad. My main issue is with the law itself. I feel the newspaper acted...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#94
They most likely won't be by the government, but there certainly has been some backlash
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#123
You're very confident that out of 44,000 people NOT A SINGLE ONE is a stalking victim
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#153
I'm sorry if I haven't expressed my point clearly enough. Peoples' HOME ADDRESSES are not...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#93
As I explained to Ms. Toad, my beef is both with the law that allows release of that information,
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#102
If you have an alarm, you put stickers all over the place to publicize it
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#9
Hopefully we'll see more anti-gun zealotry so that attitudes toward guns becomes very negative.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#38
After the GOP Congress prevents any new gun control measures, come Spring, mothers will march.
onehandle
Dec 2012
#43
The issue is whether all of these people want others to know where they live
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#19
The paper needs to be held liable for any adverse incident that might occur as
humblebum
Dec 2012
#25
the newspaper should be held accountable for weapons that people fail to secure?
frylock
Dec 2012
#55
You bet they should be held accountable, because in fact they would be. However, there is no excuse
humblebum
Dec 2012
#80
I don't even consider your response to be a rational one. Any person reading
humblebum
Dec 2012
#142
The alerter told an outright lie. Kudos to Jurors 1, 2, 5, and 6 for thinking with their brains.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#42
About time, these patriots should be recognized for their contribution to our Country.
A Simple Game
Dec 2012
#70