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Toledo mayor calls Blade ‘irresponsible’ for reporting information he won’t release

Joshua Gillin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:40:05 +0000

Toledo’s mayor blasted The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade for publishing its own map of gang territories in the city, but he still refused to make public a police map of gang activity. The Blade … Read more

Des Moines Register pulls map of school district security following criticism

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:26:11 +0000

The Des Moines Register | The Blaze | Fox News

The Des Moines Register published then removed an interactive map Wednesday that looked at how school resource officers are deployed in Iowa after it drew criticism from people who thought … Read more

Shielding gun permits will cost New York counties big bucks

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:55:08 +0000

Daily Freeman
New York’s tough new gun law allows holders of gun permits to opt out of having their names disclosed to those requesting public records. Last month, Dutchess County Clerk Bradford Kendall said gun permits “should be treated … Read more

Arkansas editor apologizes, takes down permit list after gun owners harass her

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:24:17 +0000

Arkansas Business | Gawker

“I was stupid. Also naïve,” Arkansas Business Editor Gwen Moritz writes about her decision to post, then take down, a list of Arkansas concealed carry permit holders’ names and ZIP codes.

After she posted the … Read more

FBI investigates threats against professor after NYT quoted him about gun map

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:50:56 +0000

Online Journalism Review | New Haven Register | Jim Romenesko | Boing Boing | Times Herald-Record | Chronicle of Higher Education
SUNY New Paltz students are learning “the cost of being a source.” Professor Howard Good says he was harassed … Read more

Maine paper drops request for gun permit info

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:04:48 +0000

Bangor Daily News | Portland Press Herald | Morning Sentinel
The Bangor Daily News will no longer seek information about concealed-carry permits for firearms in Maine, Anthony Ronzio writes.

We have informed the agencies who received our request to
… Read more

Citing Journal News map, Arkansas senate passes stricter gun-records bill

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:45:14 +0000

Reuters
Arkansas’ state senate has passed a bill banning the release of gun owners’ names and ZIP codes, the only information currently available to seekers of public records under the state’s Freedom of Information law.

“Republican state Senator Bruce … Read more

New York Times can’t have addresses of gun owners, court says

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:43:37 +0000

Capital
A New York appellate court has sided with the New York City Police Department in a dispute over whether it should turn over home addresses of handgun owners to The New York Times, which made a Freedom of Information … Read more

Journal News fronts gun info about Congress members

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:57:03 +0000

The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal-News isn’t the only Gannett paper fronting an investigation into gun ownership among members of Congress by the company’s Washington, D.C., bureau and USA Today. But it’s probably the Gannett paper with the most celebrated history … Read more

Journal News removes gun map

Andrew Beaujon — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:15:44 +0000

The Journal News | Associated Press | The New York Times
The suburban New York newspaper’s decision to take down its controversial gun map “is not a concession to critics that no value was served by the posting of the … Read more