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Journal News wins League of Women Voters, Common Cause support in gun permit battle

A Glock 29 10mm pistol hangs on display

Photo credit: AP | A Glock 29 10mm pistol hangs on display with other Glock hand guns at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade show in Las Vegas. (Jan. 18, 2012)

Government watchdog groups signaled their support for the beleaguered Journal News on Tuesday, a day after the newspaper's publisher said reporters were staying in hotels and changing their phone numbers in response to death threats.

The death threats are part of the ongoing fallout over the paper's controversial gun map, an interactive online feature that provides the names and addresses...

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