Tag: pistol permit holders
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New York Attorney General Refuses to Address Legal Question
YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 11, 2013) — On March 1, 2013, The Post & Email sent a formal letter to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman after several previous attempts to obtain an answer to a legal question arising in New York State proved fruitless. At issue is whether or not…
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Connecticut Attorney General’s Office Speaks with The Post & Email about Release of Permit Holders by New York Newspaper
STATE LAW PROHIBITS RELEASE OF INFORMATION by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 18, 2013) — On January 7, 2013, The Post & Email asked the Journal News, a Westchester County, NY newspaper which had published the names and addresses of pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland, NY Counties as well as permit-holders in those counties residing…
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Did The Journal News Break the Law by Releasing Names and Addresses of Connecticut Permit Holders?
IN CONNECTICUT, RELEASE OF INFORMATION IS ILLEGAL by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 7, 2013) — Earlier today, The Post & Email reported on the Journal News‘s release of names and addresses of Westchester County and Rockland County’s pistol permit holders. Since the publication of the information on December 23, 2012 following the Sandy Hook shootings, debate…
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New York Corrections Officers’ Families Placed at Risk after Newspaper Publishes Pistol Permit Holders’ Addresses
WHILE CONNECTICUT LAWMAKER SEEKS TO OVERTURN PRIVACY LAW FOR PISTOL PERMIT HOLDERS by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 7, 2013) — In New York State, the names and addresses of all pistol permit holders are considered public record. On December 22. 2012, a Westchester County newspaper published a map identifying the addresses of all permit holders in…