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In reply to the discussion: The Journal News has hurt any hope for gun reform. [View all]derby378
(30,252 posts)Testimony of Integrity or not, you, as a human being, are still entitled to some measure of privacy. Your workplace aside, the revelation of details concerning your personal life require a choice on your part. To unveil your personal life without your consent requires a conscious act of force. It's not that far removed from being a peeping Tom.
I am a gun owner, but this revelation to you still requires me to make a choice. While you might have issues with my ownership of a gun, I make this information known to you willingly, and my conscience is clear. On the other hand, I have seen too many people who seek to use published records of gun ownership as a tool with which to socially ostracize those with whom they disagree with, a public approach to the "name and shame" concept. Psychological warfare on Main Street.