The Gun Map is Gone

Journal News Gun Map Goes Out With A Bang: ‘We Do Not Cower’ To Bullies, Says Publisher

BY Christopher Zara
January 22 2013

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In a letter posted on lohud.com, the paper’s publisher, Janet Hasson, wrote that removing the data was a response to new legislation that allows gun-permit holders to request confidentiality. The legislation, signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 15, is a provision in the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, or SAFE act, which aims to strengthen protections against gun violence in the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Hasson stressed in the letter that the data’s removal was not a response to criticism or intimidation.

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Despite the decision to remove the gun data, criticism of the paper has not abated. Robert Cox, an op-ed contributor to the Washington Examiner, wrote on Tuesday that he is not removing a retaliatory map he posted that contains the names and addresses of Journal News employees. “The way I see it, the Journal News does not get to pick a fight and then decide when it ends,” he wrote.

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Journal News Gun Map Goes Out With A Bang: ?We Do Not Cower? To Bullies, Says Publisher
 

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