(December 26, 2012 at 9:28 am)Great Ape Wrote: Everyone in that area would knows who's packin heat and not to fuck with that house.

Then again, if you want to steal a gun from one of these NRA asswipes you now know where to go. Let's face it, most of them would piss their pants if a real criminal ever came after them.

Oh the irony. I don't really think much will come of it though, if someone were planning violence against a group, gun owners are not a very likely target.

(December 26, 2012 at 10:32 am)Minimalist Wrote:

(December 26, 2012 at 9:28 am)Great Ape Wrote: Everyone in that area would knows who's packin heat and not to fuck with that house.

Then again, if you want to steal a gun from one of these NRA asswipes you now know where to go. Let's face it, most of them would piss their pants if a real criminal ever came after them.

Still, this is NOT a social issue, this is a tactic issue and journalists should be the last line of defense against fascism, when they start invading privacy themselves they violate the public trust, and that is something that affects all citizens.

Now again, I am not talking about a story being brought to them. I am also not talking about a whistle blower coming to them. And I am also not talking about an investigative story where the reporter suspects a crime is in action.

They printed the addresses of people who had not broken any laws(even if I don't like our current gun laws). AND on top of that they were not going after say Bush or Obama or Jay Leno. They went after no name citizens, and again they violated a very basic principle of public vs private figure.

The right thing would have been to go after gun manufacturers, politicians and the NRA lobbyists. They should stick to putting gun death stories on the front page and the opinion columns.

This tactic they used could be used against private citizens who value other social issues, like contraception, or alcohol, or porn, or infidelity issues.

It was Orwellian on par with 1984.

(December 26, 2012 at 10:32 am)Minimalist Wrote:

(December 26, 2012 at 9:28 am)Great Ape Wrote: Everyone in that area would knows who's packin heat and not to fuck with that house.

Then again, if you want to steal a gun from one of these NRA asswipes you now know where to go. Let's face it, most of them would piss their pants if a real criminal ever came after them.

" Let's face it, most of them would piss their pants if a real criminal ever came after them."....I'll take that Pepsi challenge!....Try breaking into MY house and see who pisses their pants!

You suffer from Rambo fantasies.

Do you walk around your house with your gun strapped on?

I think Bill Maher has you people pegged. "Dick too small....buy big guns."

(December 26, 2012 at 11:48 am)Minimalist Wrote: You suffer from Rambo fantasies.

Do you walk around your house with your gun strapped on?

I think Bill Maher has you people pegged. "Dick too small....buy big guns."

Criminals are also not really that scary. They are most just low class idiots who are high on crack or meth and ready to run at the first sign of resistance. Your average home break in isn't exactly done by the mob.

(December 26, 2012 at 9:18 am)Zen Badger Wrote:

(December 26, 2012 at 9:14 am)Aractus Wrote: It sounds a little over the top to be so apprehensive about the list. You are put into to telephone directories - which are made public - without your consent all the time. It even happens to people who have specifically chosen to have private and unlisted numbers.

But it also shows by definition the households that don't have guns.

And provides some nice data to show just how much having a hand gun would more likely result in premature death.

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(December 26, 2012 at 11:47 am)A Theist Wrote:

(December 26, 2012 at 10:32 am)Minimalist Wrote: Then again, if you want to steal a gun from one of these NRA asswipes you now know where to go. Let's face it, most of them would piss their pants if a real criminal ever came after them.

" Let's face it, most of them would piss their pants if a real criminal ever came after them."....I'll take that Pepsi challenge!....Try breaking into MY house and see who pisses their pants!

If I try to break into your house, i will succeed, and you will die.

If the information was already public, I'm amazed there wasn't a website dedicated to doing this already. In any case, this is information that shouldn't be public in the first place. There is no need for the general population to know who owns guns.

(December 26, 2012 at 12:23 pm)Chuck Wrote:

(December 26, 2012 at 9:18 am)Zen Badger Wrote: But it also shows by definition the households that don't have guns.

And provides some nice data to show just how much having a hand gun would more likely result in premature death.

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(December 26, 2012 at 11:47 am)A Theist Wrote: " Let's face it, most of them would piss their pants if a real criminal ever came after them."....I'll take that Pepsi challenge!....Try breaking into MY house and see who pisses their pants!

If I try to break into your house, i will succeed, and you will die.

Try it and find out...