Ex-Burglars shocked by Journal News

So you have some nut heads out there and you want to bash all the law abiding gun owners for it. Well dude no ban on guns is going to take care of that. Its just like drugs...if those nitwits want them bad enough they are going to get their hands on them one way or the other. No ban is going to stop them.

 

I think those who had their names published should present a lawsuit against the paper. It should go all the way to the USSC where I'm sure it would be found illegal to publish names of LEGALLY purchased gun owners.

Let's try this one: Liberals chime in on whether you think we should be able to get the records of those taking all the prescription drugs that are common to all these mass murderers and publishing that! Shouldn't we know that our neighbor's 18 year old kid who is bi-polar is on drugs.....some of the same drugs that the Columbine killer, the Virginia Tech, and this Lanza guy were on?

 

In truth the burglars will hit the houses WITH the guns, they sell fast and for a good price.

 

The list of gun purchases is public record, where do you think the paper got the info?
A law suit like this wouldn't make it past an attorneys door step.

 

I'm sure some will. The irony in this, is that the Journal News obviously (and erroneously) thought they were doing the community a service.

 

Ayuh,... As usual, yer Off Topic, by a country mile...

 

Ayuh,... Which is Why, the NYS Legislature is passin' a bill to make Illegal, what that newpaper did...

 

Ayuh,... I know you've been typin' that tripe for weeks now,...
But,...
Now yer Still OFF-TOPIC...

 

Wasting your breath. The lefties are scared to death of those "evil" guns and are trying every thing they can to force their will on the rest of the country. The Constitution be (*)(*)(*)(*)ed.

No amount of fact, truth or common sense can make its way through the thick fog of their insanity. Guns are the cause in their twisted minds and that's that.

 

Absolutely right. There's no reasoning w/the brain dead...

The libs cannot, will not think about how this newspaper has put families in very possible danger, including the fact that one x criminal said himself what the newspaper provided was like being handed a pot of gold to the criminals.

And truthfully, even if the libs did realize the danger to these families, they just wouldn't care... period.

 

I assure you they will target the houses with guns.
Guns are the first thing stolen in burglaries, thats why people have gun safes.

Doesn't matter the intent or motivation of the paper.

 

Right wing propaganda, so stupid it's amazing anyone falls for it.

 

Get real. You can't 'assure' anything and why don't you know that?

I'm sure some of these burglars heard/read about the cockroach in GA. who broke into a home and ended up getting shot in the face and neck by the woman.... and they just might be 'smart' enuf not to break into a home of a gun owner.......

And some burglars just want the expensive items to sell for their next fix.

The newspapers motive was they hate guns and deliberately exposed the legit gun owners, but they hired their own guns to protect them... you don't see anything wrong w/that pix?

 

How do the liberals that think the paper did a great service explain this. People that were victims of stalking, former police officers, and others have now been located by that stupid leftwing paper. They have put those people in real danger. If someting would happen to any of them, I hope their relatives sue the paper down to its last cartridge of ink, and take every last (*)(*)(*)(*)ed dime they have.

 

As a "public service", were Fox News, or some rightie website to somehow manage to get their hands on and publish the names and addresses of HIV / AIDS patients ....."so the public would know the who's and where's of dangerous potential sex partners"...

the same (*)(*)(*)(*)stick leftists who support this egregious and dangerous violation of privacy would be writhing around on the floor in apoplectic seizures.

A sickening display of duplicity I'd love to see, quite frankly.
How 'bout it, rightie media?.... How 'bout a little quid pro quo?

 

Given that this "pot of gold" has ALWAYS been available to EVERY burglar for a few dollars, your estimate of the usefulness of this list i certainly GREATLY exaggerated.

What burglars LIKE is wedding and funeral notices! Those gems of info tell them the EXACT time when houses will be EMPTY. If you want to ban information that helps burglars, there is where you should concentrate.

 

How confused the RIght wing is.

HIV status is PRIVATE health information. To publish that is against the law.

Gun registration is PUBLIC information, available quickly and easily to ANYONE who looks. Since gun laws had LOTS of input from places like the NRA, we can safely assume it was not an issue for them until now.

If you don't like that, change the laws.

 

Yeah, not the HIV/AIDS victims b/c the majority are victims... how's about the NAMBLA members being publicly published? Wouldn't that be a hoot?

 

Same here... And they have also published books on how to groom a victim, etc.....

From what I understand, the organization formed in the basement of a church....

 

Yes, fiddler - of course the burglars keep an eye on wedding & funeral events, but those are in-between jobs while they're burglarizing other homes......

 

NAMBLA members, at least the ones that have done anything with children or child pornography ARE publicized.

Here ya go http://www.nsopw.gov/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

 

There's a reason WHY the First Amendment doesn't cover shouting "fire" in a theater; the harm caused by people panicking outweighs it.

In a similar vein, the paper, by the admission of two former (we hope) professional thieves, the paper put at risk the legal, registered gun-owners and their families, the NON-gun owners, AND any potential victims that might arise from a crime committed by someone using a firearm that was stolen from said legal owners. These thieves know what they're talking about, they've got credibility when it comes to this. Sure the paper had the right to do it, but it was extraordinarily stupid, and now they may face legal consequences. Which they deserve to. And that's still overlooking the fact that when they decided they needed guards, they hired armed ones. Have we gotten an answer as to why the paper is against citizens owning guns, but not their own guards? Is there a distinction I'm missing besides that these press buffoons only think guns are okay when it's their own safety on the line and not someone else?

Nevertheless, Freedom of the Press only says that Congress can't take action against the paper, it says nothing about lawyers.

And let's get this out of the way: Look, I'm not a huge gun nut, and issues surrounding the Second Amendment aren't that high on the list of things I care about. But an important institution like the press acting in a totally irresponsible manner? Yeah, that really annoys the heck out of me, especially when given the responsibility they have. They totally blew it here, and I'm at a loss to explain why some here don't see it.