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Court Rules Turnabout is Fair Play
« on: February 28, 2017, 09:43:43 AM »
I'm generally not in favor of the publishing addresses thing. However, in certain circumstances, like when that NY(?) paper published gun owner names and then in retaliation, the names of their staff were published, I'm good with it in the "How do YOU like it?" way.

Same with this story. CA lawmakers passed legislation that ends up making the names and addresses of anyone who buys ammo public. A couple of bloggers then tracked down and posted the names and addresses of lawmakers who pushed that legislation. The state went after the bloggers. A Federal judge has just told the state, "How do YOU like it?" :)

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/27/gun-rights-advocates-can-publish-lawmakers-addresses-judge-rules.html
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Re: Court Rules Turnabout is Fair Play
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2017, 12:23:13 PM »
Sounds fair.  Maybe those lawmakers should buy a gun with some ammo..... 
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Re: Court Rules Turnabout is Fair Play
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2017, 03:19:15 PM »
at one time in my life I would scour the net finding newspapers, big or small, that were listing ccw holders.
I tricked a young reporter gal working at night all alone in the newspaper office into giving me her full name
"hello, my name chris karma, writer for gun rights media, who is this?"  ;/  :rofl:

She told me and I asked her for her personal information "so I can publish it on various gun rights news organizations".
Her reply was pure gold, she couldn't understand why I would do that.
I told her that it was because the paper she worked for was revealing the names and addresses of ccw holders.
She was upset, thinking that it was OK for her paper to do it because of the 1st amendment -  that her paper had a duty to inform who had guns and a license to carry.
I told her that I had a first amendment too, it was my duty to inform my readers where she lived and that she had pens and a computer that can get on the internet .
In 3 seconds I had her picture, the college she graduated from - she was practically crying because she thought it was terrible I was going to put this on the web.
I went to bed and didn't post her info at GRM because I figured she got a taste of her own medicine and besides, GRM isn't as popular as TFL.
The next day the newspaper eliminated the links to gun owners information and released a statement along the lines that it decided it was to controversial and inflammatory 
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Re: Court Rules Turnabout is Fair Play
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2017, 07:55:35 PM »
Sounds fair.  Maybe those lawmakers should buy a gun with some ammo..... 

I think they exempted themselves from any anti firearm/ammo/magazine law.
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