In Dec 2012, details of gun permits issued in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties just north of NYC were posted on an interactive map [1]. This was a near

In Dec 2012, details of gun permits issued in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties just north of NYC were posted on an interactive map [1]. This was a nearly perfect test of the theory that criminal behavior would get worse in response to easy access to this kind of information. I found no news reports indicating people had been targeted one way or the other, and official stats [2] indicate serious crime decreased. [1] https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/12/26/168075748/n-y-website-posts-map-of-people-with-gun-permits-draws-criticism https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/12/26/168075748... [2] https://westchesterindex.org/community/serious-crimes https://westchesterindex.org/community/serious-crimes