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In response to "Reasonable action, or going too far? Newpaper publishes interactive map of gun permit holders in two NY counties. -- (link)" by merry xmas and happy znu year

I don't understand why they posted it in the paper at all. who cares where they are located?

Posted by Pippy Bells (aka Epiphany) Dec 26 '12, 11:10

I don't understand why gun owners are all miffed either. so what? you bought a gun, I don't think its a big secret right? I probably wouldnt' want my name and address on the web for any reason but I'm sure it is. Privacy issues are likely being stepped on but again - its not secret info either.

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for starters, I would think twice about sending my kid to a house where there were guns. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 11:13 13
- this is so unfair. my friends all have guns, locked in cabinets and closets. how is that even remotely un-okay? - amanda Dec 26, 11:18 11
  - If I had kids, I'd like to at least know, and check out the storage situation. -- nm - mafic Dec 26, 11:56
  - because I would probably want to make damn well sure that they were responsibly secured when my kid is around. - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 11:21 9
    - do you ask about knives in the house? "do y'all have lawn darts?" "where do you keep your antifreeze?" -- nm - amanda Dec 26, 11:27 4
      - I'd like to think my kid would already be familiar with needing to avoid those -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 11:38 3
        
        so why is it not your job to teach your kid to avoid guns? if my kid came to your house and touched the oven and got burned, is that my fault - amanda Dec 26, 11:48 2
        
        Guns have much easier, much more serious potential consequences than almost anything else. - mafic Dec 26, 12:00
        
        I don't think anyone's saying kids shouldn't be taught. But we're also saying we don't want our kids in the situation where they might confront it - Reagen Dec 26, 11:58
    - this would so not fly in central PA. you meet, get to know your kids' friends' parents. you get a sense of whether they're trustworrhty. - amanda Dec 26, 11:26 1
      - a couple fair points to make - merry xmas and happy znu year Dec 26, 11:37
    - dont send them to pippys house!!!! :) -- nm - Capstern Dec 26, 11:22 1
      - heh. I'd tell parents of new kids about them. I'd want to know. - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 11:24
- thats a good point - I'd hope that gun owners would tell other parents that but maybe they wouldn't. -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 11:17
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- commited a crime vs not committed a crime - in regards to privacy - but you may be right on the society issues - Pippy Bells Dec 26, 11:12

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