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The same law that lets pistol permit holders keep their names private might also require Onondaga County to make public the names of up to 40,000 permit holders.
Robert Freeman, the state's top open government official, said today a provision of the NY Safe Act adopted in January would require the county to release the names of permit holders who have not filed forms asking for privacy.
Sheriff Kevin Walsh said the county has 40,000 to 50,000 pistol permit holders. About 10,000 of those have filed papers asking that their names not be made public, he said.
Walsh said Monday the county had received a request from online company emerges.com for the names and addresses of all pistol permit holders. Walsh said then that the county might not have to release those names, however, because emerges.com sells lists of sports enthusiasts to private businesses.
The NY Safe Act says that except for permit holders who have filed a form asking their names be kept private, "the name and address of any person to whom an application for any license has been granted shall be a public record."
Walsh said Monday he was waiting for an opinion from the state sheriff's association to decide whether to release the names. He could not be reached for comment today.
The name and address of every person making a FOIL request should also be made public.
Is there is anyway the rest of the United States could start a petition to banish New York from the rest of the Union?
Originally posted by Cosmic911
reply to post by thesaneone
Additionally, not only will criminals know which houses contains firearms, they will now know which houses do not firearms. This provision will light up houses like a beacon!
Sheriff Kevin Walsh said the county has 40,000 to 50,000 pistol permit holders. About 10,000 of those have filed papers asking that their names not be made public, he said.