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Newspaper gun permit map: Journal News removes controversial online database

Originally published: January 18, 2013 5:57 PM
Updated: January 19, 2013 12:34 PM
By NIK BONOPARTIS  nik.bonopartis@cablevision.com

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 18, 2013 6:50 PM)

Saying it was complying with the "spirit" of a newly passed law that allows gun permit holders to privatize their records, the Journal News on Friday removed its controversial gun map.

The interactive map, published Dec. 23, featured the names and addresses of registered pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.

"With the passage this week of the NYSAFE gun law, which...

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