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Putnam County officials: Release of gun permit owners potentially dangerous

Originally published: January 3, 2013 3:07 PM
Updated: January 3, 2013 3:19 PM
By NEWS12

The Journal News published thousands of pistol permit

The Journal News published thousands of pistol permit owners' names and addresses in December. (Jan. 3, 2012) (January 3, 2013 2:30 PM)

Putnam County officials defended their decision Thursday to prevent a newspaper from publishing the names and addresses of gun permit holders.

Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell and state Sen. Greg Ball (R-Patterson)are backing the decision by County Clerk Dennis Sant to not release the names of the pistol permit holders in their county to The Journal News.

Sant said he believes...

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