The map prompted thousands of complaints to the paper which also prompted the anti-gun paper to hire its own armed guards supposedly to protect itself. The removal of the map was preceded by a new state law which protects gun permit holders’ privacy:
The Journal News took down the data just three days after the state enacted a gun control law that included privacy provisions for permit holders.
The provisions were a reaction to interactive maps the newspaper published on LoHud.com that pinpointed thousands of permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.
Gun rights activists had immediately complained that permit owners' privacy was being violated.
They said the map could guide burglars to their homes while police groups claimed the map could lead ex-convicts to the officers who had put them away. [...] (Continues)
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