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In reply to the discussion: Newspaper Publishes Gun Owners’ Names and Addresses [View all]Jamastiene
(38,206 posts)All a criminal who has been denied a gun legally has to do is save that paper as a "shopping mall map" of sorts and get to the legal gun owners' guns when they are away. I think it is a bad idea for that reason alone, not to mention the creepy aspect of it too.
Back in the early 1990s, our local newspaper (we have only one) published the names of everyone who was HIV+. I was the only one to complain and was met with tons of vehement anti-gay arguments locally when I said something. They still swear up and down the only way to contract HIV is being gay here. It's such a backwards town.
They would never post the names and addresses of everyone who owns a gun here in town though. The paper is not that large and they would have to just add a phone book with a few names crossed out (of those who do NOT own guns) here.