On Thursday afternoon, Putnam County Clerk Dennis Sant told reporters in Carmel, N.Y. that some are living in fear since the Journal News published their personal information as part of an effort to demonize legal gun owners.
"This one narcotics officer from Westchester County just retired. Dedicated his whole career to protecting the citizens of Westchester County and they can’t protect him now. He said I’ve never been so fearful for the safety of my family," he said.
"This one lady whose been stalked for years in Westchester County. She finally found peace, two years without the stalker contacting her. Two days after that paper released her information she gets hangups all night long. She lives in fear, her and her three daughters," he added.
On Christmas Eve we reported that the Journal News, a Gannett-owned publication, published the names and addresses of legal handgun permit holders in two New York Counties, sparking outrage nationwide.
The paper announced plans to publish the information of legal handgun permit holders from Putnam County, but county officials decided not to comply with the paper's Freedom of Information Act request.
"You’re going to have to bring me into court, sue me and we’ll just go the whole nine yards on this situation. I’m not backing down,” he said when Fox News' Megyn Kelly asked what it would take for him to turn over the records.
Sant told Fox that while the paper has the right to publish the names, the move could put gun owners in harm's way.
“I wasn’t going to allow the people in Putnam County to have to endure that type of scrutiny,” he said.
Since the tragic Newtown tragedy, liberals have blamed law-abiding gun owners and the NRA for the shooting, and some -- including a Texas Democratic Party Executive Committee member -- have called for the death of those who support the NRA and the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
Related:
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- White House petition calls for Sen. Dianne Feinstein to be tried for treason
- U.S. Marine to Sen. Dianne Feinstein: ‘I will not be disarmed’
- Company runs out of AR-15 magazines, blames ‘sheep leftists’
- Six-year-old suspended from school for making finger gun, saying ‘pow’
- White House petition calls for Sen. Dianne Feinstein to be tried for treason
- Paper that published info on gun permit holders hires armed guards
- Des Moines columnist calls for repeal of Second Amendment, death of gun owners
- Report: CNN’s Piers Morgan upset Americans posing with guns in Christmas photos
- New York paper to publish more legal gun permit holder information
- Sheriff Joe Arpaio sending armed volunteer posse to protect schools
- Daily Beast op-ed: David Gregory should not be prosecuted for breaking gun law
- Email indicates NBC used illegal magazine on air after being denied permission
- Authorities investigating NBC’s David Gregory for gun law violation
- Gun debate pits liberals, media against Constitution, freedom-loving Americans
- Report: NBC’s David Gregory violated D.C. gun laws on ‘Meet the Press’
- WH petition calling for deportation of CNN’s Piers Morgan reaches 25,000 signature threshold
- New York paper publishes names, addresses of legal gun permit holders
- Piers Morgan: NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre ‘dangerous, dim-witted, deluded menace’
- Ted Nugent to Piers Morgan on gun control: ‘Kiss my a**’
- White House petitions demand NRA be designated a terrorist organization
- New York Governor: Confiscation of guns ‘could be an option’
- Do liberals really want a second civil war in America?
- Is it time for conservatives to boycott CNN for anti-Second Amendment propaganda?
- Classmate: Newtown shooter Adam Lanza had web page dedicated to Satan
- CNN’s Piers Morgan upset over White House petition calling for his deportation
- Liberals on Twitter call for murder of NRA members after NRA press conference (Video)
- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to America: Turn in your guns
- Meet six people who would not be alive if liberals had their way on guns
- Actress Marg Helgenberger: ‘One can only hope’ NRA members are shot dead
- Democratic Party leader: Call to shoot NRA members not a death threat
- Texas Democratic Party leader, blogger calls for shooting NRA members
- Should an apology from a Democratic Party Executive Committee member cover calls for mass shootings?
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