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Filler: The law-abiding gun owners aren't the problem

January 10, 2013 6:51 PM By LANE FILLER

A man fires a handgun at Sandy Springs

Photo credit: AP | A man fires a handgun at Sandy Springs Gun Club and Range in Sandy Springs, Ga. (Jan. 4, 2013)

If you want to understand the disconnect between pro-gun and anti-gun forces in the United States, look no further than the controversy over publishing the names and addresses of New Yorkers with permits to own guns.

Last month, The Journal News published the names and addresses of 44,000 permitted gun owners in two Hudson Valley counties. This week, Gawker.com put up the names of gun permit...

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