That is entirely wrong. There are several ways that this law can be overturned. First, the newspaper now has standing to sue the county. Second, the state Attorney General now has standing to sue the county. Finally, the county should has always had standing to sue the state. Prior to this action, only the county had any standing to file suit. If this county withholds the information so publicly, then it may encourage other counties to do the same. That increases the likelihood that someone will eventually file suit and take this case to the NY State Supreme court. Prior to this action, no one but the county could show that there may be damages due to the application of this law. The only damages to the county would have been the costs associated with complying with the FIA request. It's very unlikely the county could have won on such grounds. However, the odds of them winning on the basis that the information should not be made public, when sued by the state or the newspaper are likely much higher.

Do you have some sort of reference for this statement? You can torture most guns these days and they will happily continue to fire thousands of rounds for you. Now if you use some crappy, under powered ammo (or home load incorrectly), and you have a semi-auto you could experience what they call an FTE (failure to eject), but that seems pretty unlikely to me.

Good people, I'm so happy you're all here tonight, but please, just a few words of caution. Now we are going to set this pile of evil ablaze, but because these are children's toys, the fire will spread quickly. So please stand back and try not to inhale the toxic fumes...

Sorry, meant to add that you are right that she was in the colored section, but she was in the middle of the bus.

I'll just go ahead and quote Wikipedia for you: "Near the middle of the bus, her row was directly behind the ten seats reserved for white passengers."

Secondly, she is not the only person who failed to follow orders on the bus. Hers is just the most famous example. There are examples of people who did not sit in the colored section at all.

So you're saying that people cannot stand for what is right in an official capacity? I can tell you right now that I would gladly be fired than to do something that I felt was dangerous to others, immoral, or unjust (of course, I don't have a family so I can be more risky). They claim they do not want to release the information because it puts people in danger. They are well within their rights to withhold the information. They are not immune from the consequences, however. They could very well end up in jail, or could be fired. That's their choice. It's not like they are secretly and quietly denying a Freedom of Information Act request. They are openly denying it, and stating their case. I have no doubt in my mind that if the Supreme Court rules that they must release the information, they will do so. I will gladly take some official openly defying the law over someone who does everything they are told to do without thought or consideration. This is not like a corporation at all. It is not their boss saying "Make 100 widgets before the end of business."

I would say that they are calling them anti-american because the 2nd amendment to the constitution expressly allows people to own guns. If they want to change that, they are going to have to pass a constitutional amendment. Not that name calling is mature, by any means. I've never heard of an anti-gun politician calling for a constitutional amendment, however. In fact the queen of gun control herself, Dianne Feinstein, has a concealed weapons permit. They are almost impossible to get in California, too, unless you live in specific counties. I would consider her desire to disarm her constituents to be very hypocritical.

Their constitution hasn't changed since he tried to overthrown the government. At least not before he had them change the constitution to allow his multiple re-elections. What kind of system allows criminals to hold such high and important offices?

You would not be able to run a military coup in the US and then run for president later, when it failed. In fact, a military coup is entirely different than a revolution of the people, in the first place.

Simple. Intel will just add an instruction set to their processors that make bit torrenting easier, faster, and more reliable. That would scare the media companies into playing ball. ;)

Actually, that wasn't the police that did the arresting. It was the military. In any event, both are government institutions and corrupt politicians and corrupt law enforcement go hand in hand. The fact that Venezuela has a president who was arrested and convicted of a failed military coup in the 90's just goes to show how messed up their political system is. Oh and the fact that he shouldn't have been able to be re-elected after his 2001ish election, and yet he has been re-elected several times.

As I said in a comment above, we have no idea who (if anyone) made these threats. The way that they published the information before makes me think they are attention whores. We all know attention whores do what they can to get more attention. But lets assume they were threatened. We still do not know who the people threatening them are, whether they own guns, whether they even live in the same time zone as the newspaper, etc. There are plenty of crazy people out there who would get a kick out of making such threats. I would agree making such threats would not qualify one as a responsible gun owner, however.

How is that any different than the people that refused to sit on the back of a bus in the south during the 60's? Sometimes the only way to get a law changed is to openly oppose it and violate it. If your case has merit, then the Supreme Court can make a valid ruling on it. I am all for any agency or person who puts their money where their mouth is and stands up for what they believe to be is right. Now they may be taking this stance to garner votes, but that's okay with me too. They are still challenging something that their constituents think is wrong.

No one said that it is the gun owners on the list who have made these threats. Hell, they could be non-gun owners from Seattle for all we know. For all we know they are also doing this to further garner media attention by claiming the reaction was more threatening than it was. Either way, there are plenty of responsible and irresponsible gun owners, and not everyone of those gun owners may be law abiding in the first place.

The human body has an elegant way of repairing itself. One that we have yet to match with all our technological prowess.

GP is correct. The corruption here is nothing like it is in Venezuela. I'm not saying it shouldn't be fixed, but I do definitely appreciate it. I don't have to worry about getting arrested by men with machine guns as I ride the bus so that I'll pay bribe money to get it back. When I was in Venezuela, it was a constant worry. I carried a photocopy of my passport with me, and kept the original in a bank safety deposit box. I knew plenty of people who were arrested only to be charged money to get their passport back. I met a lot of Middle Easterners there, too. It was worse for them. They were hassled far more than USians were.