NY State Pistol Permit Holder List Released

[rscalzo]

Welcome to the world of OPRA. You would be surprised what is a public document and must be made available to the public. Added is the cost to the municipality in gathering the documents because they cannot charge for using the services. Courts must turn over cases to lawyers who are hunting for clients. It's a pain in the butt but a fact of life.

 

[rattletrap1970]

Now the criminals know right where to go, and where not to.

 

[mister2]

Parity

This happened in VA, too, years ago. All the arguments went back and forth and then ...parity emerged.

Exposure is an age-, gender-, race-neuter thing. When irate CCW-holders discovered where the offending party (or parties) lived, worked, etc., they posted all the "private" info on these goody-2-shoes and let them have a dose of their own medicine. The more the offenders argued "transparency" and "public domain", the more they eroded their own objections to their addresses, workplaces, etc., being posted. Pictures would be nice, too. Holders way outnumbering outers, the listing was pulled. I heard it's come back, but I presume it won't stay up. Meantime, the VA elders are (or have) considered a bill to stop the shenanigans.

And for those who lament a list of households that have guns in them, here was a list of households that (presumably) didn't. Who's sorry now?

Not suggesting, merely observing.

YMMV
MR2