The intent is great, the reality is not. It was rushed so fast and was not thought through to the point where it makes police officer criminals. Your opinion was formed as quickly as this legislation. View Comment

Retired police officers and self protection licenses are full conceal and carry permits. the license situation in ny state is odd, an individual needs a license to simply own a handgun which is different than the permit required to simply purchase and own a handgun. Many police officers never publish their name in phone books or the modern equivalent even after retirement as the history of their work can and will create people that would very much like to do them harm. People will search for specific names to do harm. View Comment

I actively participate in target shooting at a range not 10 minutes away from ossining. With weekly visits I go through 1k+ rounds of .22lr target ammunition a month. Under the new law, with near certainty, my bi monthly purchases will be flagged and reported to the police. It's odd, depending on how the ammo purchases are sorted, my legal participation in something I enjoy doing may actually prevent me from legally participating. View Comment

You are presenting the idea that the map was created by the county itself based on safety concerns... That is a very far stretch of the idea of safety. While I am neither ashamed nor proud of the fact I own anything, I simply enjoy the things I own- it is putting very private information in a very public landscape. Google blurs out faces from pictures it takes in public to calm privacy concerns, this map created by a company for profit was used with the intent to slander the owners of certain items within the county. To try and flip a very dangerous invasion of privacy as a good safety measure is skewed. It's very easy to assume opinion when your privacy is still protected. The concept of putting yourself in the shoes of another is an incredibly valuable social and leadership function that will help any basic interaction. When the editors were literally placed in the shoes of those they mapped out, the hired armed guards. That in itself should explain everything. View Comment