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Re: Journal News hires armed guards after publishing map of Rockland/Westchester gun owners (SUCK IT!)

Posted by SLRT on Wed Jan 2 10:38:23 2013, in response to Journal News hires armed guards after publishing map of Rockland/Westchester gun owners (SUCK IT!), posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jan 2 09:55:06 2013.

Some have correctly compared this list of legal permit holders with the treatment of convicted sex offenders. However, if what the Journal News is doing it would seem those offenders may have more rights than gun permit holders.

The NY State sex offender site now no longer lets you search for Level 1 (least chance of reoffending) convicted offenders, though you can still find out if someone whose name you already know and you have another identifying characteristic is on the list if you call by phone.

DCJS is barred by law from posting information on Level 1 (low level) sex offenders, or those with a pending risk level, on this public site. However, while we cannot tell you if there are any Level 1 sex offenders or sex offenders with a pending risk level in your neighborhood or who they are, we can tell you if a particular individual is on the registry. Call us at 1-800-262-3257 with the name and at least one other identifier (an exact address, date of birth, driver's license number, or a social security number) and we will tell you if that individual is a registered sex offender in New York.


Furthermore, the site says (about all offenders):

The information in this Subdirectory must be used responsibly. Anyone who uses this information to harass or commit a criminal act against any person may be subject to criminal prosecution.


Let's remember this caution is about someone who has been convicted of committing a crime. Publishing someone's name and exact address with a name, no less, without specific cause certainly sounds like at least civil, if not criminal, harassment to me, and with the map an invitation for others to do the same.

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