NY paper publishes the names and addresses of weapons owners

[MR2]

Court: NYTimes's Request for New York City Gun Owners Violates Law
As did the previous release of a list of gun owners.
11:56 AM, Feb 5, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER



A New York appellate court has ruled that the New York Times's request for a list of gun owners in New York City, under the Freedom of Information Law, violates the state's statute. The ruling overturns in part a lower court's ruling.

"Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Jane S. Solomon, J.), entered November 1, 2011, granting the petition to the extent it sought an order directing respondent, under the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law § 84 et seq.) (FOIL), to provide an electronic copy of a database, as redacted, of names and addresses of New York City residents who have been granted handgun licenses, and a database, to be redacted, of hate crimes reported to respondent from January 1, 2005 to the present, and denying the petition to the extent it sought an order directing respondent to provide an electronic copy of its crime incident database, a declaration that respondent's practices in responding to FOIL requests violate the statute, and an order directing respondent to cease these practices, unanimously modified, on the law, to deny the petition as to the databases of handgun licensees and hate crimes and to reinstate the petition with respect to the demand for the crime incident database, insofar as it seeks production of the electronic crime incident database produced in Floyd v City of New York (08 Civ 01034 [SAS] [US Dist Ct, SD NY]) (the Floyd database), and the matter remitted to Supreme Court for a determination of whether production of the Floyd database should be ordered, and, if so, to what extent and under what conditions, and otherwise affirmed, without costs," reads the ruling.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...aw_700264.html

[ZonieDiver]

Originally Posted by Badger52

I continue to be impressed by your example. With all the hand-wringing & teeth-gnashing going on that "kinder/gentler" avatar thing is really workin' for you.

I cannot tell you how impressing you has made my day!

My "kinder and gentler" mode is based on this... basically:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTh5JzRziHE

[airbornediver]

Originally Posted by MR2

Got this in an email:

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a double edge sword. What goes around comes around. Please pass this on. She's the anti-gun publisher that recently passed along every concealed carry gun owner and their address, from her county, in her newspaper, for ALL to see. .......soooooo let's return the favor!

Technically, she is the CEO of Gannett which owns several papers, one of which is the paper that published the names/addresses of CCW owners.

I don't know how to repost it but I hope to see that image you posted passed around more often.

[Sdiver]

Newspaper that published the address' of all gun owners in two counties, just laid off 26 employees.

Could it be because after their little "stunt", people cancelled subscriptions, or just refused to buy their rag and that advertisers pulled their adds and the paper LOST money could be the cause?

http://www.lohud.com/article/2013080...nclick_check=1