"Lawful gun owners and all citizens have been outraged by the mass shootings around our country. However, the timing of the disclosure of individuals possessing pistol permits by The Journal News when families are reeling from the tragedies in Newtown and Webster is troubling. While exploiting the privacy of law abiding citizens may technically be legal, it is not the appropriate course of action. Because of the safety concerns that have been brought to my attention by the residents of the Hudson Valley, I ask the Journal News to remove their map."
4:40 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013 "If you are a lawyer looking to sign up clients for a class-action lawsuit, please post your phone number. I will sign on as your first client." . . Are you familiar with the amendment that comes before the second amendment?
11:31 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013 "I think he is acting in a reasonable manner to explore if the JN infringed upon his rights by publishing information that was by some media accounts 25% inaccurate." . . He states that he owns a gun. Therefore, if his name was on the list, it was not there inaccurately.
11:31 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013 "It does appear he is seeking to find out if the JN acted in a libelous or defamatory way that infringed upon his Constitutional right to privacy." . . Does the Constitution include a right to privacy?
11:31 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013 "Yes, the news media are free to publish any information or opinion they desire. This freedom, however, does not immunize them from liability for what they publish. A newspaper that publishes false information about a person, for example, can be sued for libel." . . Doesn't the existence of libel laws show that the Constitution allows limitations on the rights that it espouses? Do these limitations extend to the second amendment?
in nature. It does not allow freedom of speech for example in all cases and i would say it does not allow rights to every type of guns in every case to everybody. .
I will not support a government imposed censorship of the Press either. They are protected by the 1st Amendment. What the JN did was malicious and abusive. They should feel the impact of their propaganda in the market place as the Framer's intended and where we have the muscle to flex. I will not ask the government to censor them. I expect the government to be better stewards and custodians of our privacy and tax dollars than they have been. What I do expect our government to do to cool this fire is to issue [Rockland County Legislature, NYS Assembly and NYS Senate] a resolution that they will never pass any legislation that would offend the Bill of Rights and specifically hinder our 2nd A. I would also ask of every local Sheriff to issue a public pledge, his office and deputies, will never enforce any law offensive to the Bill of Rights. This is what every American should demand and expect." ~ Anthony Melé