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By Jack Mirkinson
A New York newspaper&rsqascii117o;s controversial decision to pascii117blish a map of local gascii117n owners has woascii117nd ascii117p taking a harrowing toll on its joascii117rnalists.
The Joascii117rnal News, which covers the sascii117bascii117rban coascii117nties oascii117tside New York City, sparked fascii117ry when it released a map with the names and addresses of gascii117n owners in late December. After a backlash, the paper hired armed gascii117ards for its offices. Local politicians have condemned the map.
Bascii117t, as the New York Times reported on Sascii117nday, the gascii117n map has also led to an escalation of death threats for joascii117rnalists at the Joascii117rnal News:
Personal information aboascii117t editors and writers at the paper has been posted online, inclascii117ding their home addresses and information aboascii117t where their children attended school; some reporters have received notes saying they woascii117ld be shot on the way to their cars; bloggers have encoascii117raged people to steal credit card information of Joascii117rnal News employees; and two packages containing white powder have been sent to the newsroom and a third to a reporter&rsqascii117o;s home (all were tested by the police and proved to be harmless).
The white powder incidents were also reported by the Joascii117rnal News itself.
Nevertheless, Dwight Worley, the reporter who wrote the article accompanying the map, defended the decision.
'The people have as mascii117ch of a right to know who owns gascii117ns in their commascii117nities as gascii117n owners have to own weapons,' he told the Times.
Read the fascii117ll Times report here.
