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You can't see a problem with the release of such politically charged info? That some people, even if they follow their employer's rules about not possessing on

by hga 10y ago

You can't see a problem with the release of such politically charged info? That some people, even if they follow their employer's rules about not possessing on the job, would lose their jobs if that information was released? Or how such information is being used to trash people's careers in our field? Very few states, and only anti-gun ones like New York---in fact, the only one I know off the top of my head---make the lists public. And I think New York goes further with handgun possession permits, which few states require. Although that was useful for me to personally count the total number of NYC possession licenses, less than 60K each for long and handguns. A real outlier for the US, heck, it was noted as the Soviet Union fell that they trusted the residents of the capitol of Soviet Georgia more prior to instigating a seizure of them, then again, I've read estimates that the real number is more like 2-3 million for the 8 million total in the city.

Spooky23 10y ago
> You can't see a problem with the release of such politically charged info? That some people, even if they follow their employer's rules about not possessing on the job, would lose their jobs if that information was released? Or how such information is being used to trash people's careers in our field? Most of the stuff is overblown. I've worked in public and private sector jobs where my or my family's political affiliation, public displays of support (ie. campaign contributions), current and past salary history and other info were all potentially career impacting, and all trivially available to the public. The reality is, that stuff didn't matter too much at all. New York's handgun laws are both insane. That's a separate issue.
- hga 10y ago
  Most of the stuff is overblown. And you have no sympathy for those for whom it's not overblown? "If it saves just one career...." It's NYC's gun laws that are particularly insane, and ought to go down to a McDonald based challenge, but the Federal Courts, even before Scalia died, stopped enforcing such except for stun guns, even backtracked on Heller with SF's lock up your safety law.

by hga 10y ago

Spooky23 10y ago

> You can't see a problem with the release of such politically charged info? That some people, even if they follow their employer's rules about not possessing on the job, would lose their jobs if that information was released? Or how such information is being used to trash people's careers in our field? Most of the stuff is overblown. I've worked in public and private sector jobs where my or my family's political affiliation, public displays of support (ie. campaign contributions), current and past salary history and other info were all potentially career impacting, and all trivially available to the public. The reality is, that stuff didn't matter too much at all. New York's handgun laws are both insane. That's a separate issue.

hga 10y ago
Most of the stuff is overblown. And you have no sympathy for those for whom it's not overblown? "If it saves just one career...." It's NYC's gun laws that are particularly insane, and ought to go down to a McDonald based challenge, but the Federal Courts, even before Scalia died, stopped enforcing such except for stun guns, even backtracked on Heller with SF's lock up your safety law.