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N.Y. newspaper that endangered gun owners hit with layoffs • Posted by National Director, Dee on August 8, 2013 at 4:57pm in Tea Party A N.Y. newspaper that endangered the lives of gun owners by publishing a map of their addresses in 2012 has been hit with layoffs, according to several news reports. One of the casualties of the layoffs is the editor, Caryn McBride, who was one of those who made the decision to publish the gun owner map, according to the Rockland Times, the main competitor to the Gannett-owned Rockland County Journal News, the newspaper that published the map. In 2012 just after the Newtown, Conn. school shooting, the Rockland County Journal News published a map showing the addresses of every licensed gun owner in the area, which encompasses a large suburban area north of New York City. The outrage that ensued was massive.Gun owners vowed retaliation. The newspaper was condemned by a variety of public figures, including those in law enforcement. One of the most impassioned voices of condemnation came from Judge Jeanine Pirro of Fox News, a former District Attorney for Westchester County, N.Y. -- a neighboring county. read more: examiner/article/n-y-newspaper-that-endangered-gun-o...
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 17:19:27 +0000

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