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Councilman Peter Tripodi on how he was outed by a New York newspaper for owning a handgun, along with other gun owners.
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The journal news beat -- republic and he is also by the -- on the city council for the town all of also they feel welcome -- the program they grabbed me at the pleasure to your.
Held in very high regard by a lot of friends and colleagues it's a pleasure to be here -- welcome on the front yeah.
But you're angry on -- you have one of those who was ousted -- names in the paper your address and -- you're gonna handgun you're not happy one.
-- -- number reasons first on the public figure my address.
Is out there however now that everyone knows where I live they -- they know that handguns in the house.
I'm really concerned about these hero cops retired correction officers retired judges there are also on the list and obviously -- now a lot of work.
They risked their lives -- one years more than twenty years.
The retired now.
But more to the point what about those people who are not on the list if I wanna do Omaha on -- but now I know they're not.
Protecting themselves with the legal -- I had -- don't go to his.
With the journal is really did was create a potentially harmful situation what you have is a blueprint for criminals -- They know who had the gun they could potentially go there still -- -- Well Adam Shapiro Syria and we're told -- the break and criminals don't.
Read write web sites do they can -- -- take a step back and a collective.
The side of deep breath because violent crime in this country is down over the last twenty years the majority people whether they have a -- or not are not.
Thinking about how my going to go do harm to somebody.
What the paper did I don't think it passes the smell test a lot of people would have been on comparable.
We -- with publishing that kind of information.
But this idea that there are armies of bad guys out there.
Waiting for ha I'm going to go get you not buying that I don't -- the president -- also -- about life is better and.
I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree in New York State 80% of our hand gun crimes are committed with illegal handgun through -- stolen or crossing state lines.
-- in Westchester County we have two large cities Yonkers and not Mount Vernon which have almost one how -- -- not.
I don't they currently -- Of those eighty -- OK but of those 80% of people with a legal handguns where they intending in plotting who they were going to go to attack over those -- on the street what kind what was the kind of crime that took place its its various array of different.
Crime but now what we have is -- as we all out tends to change with technology.
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Now we've got this list published in the news right.
Everybody knows web illegal handguns are in each house my name -- the address of the person who's -- But but it -- this in -- Connecticut's.
We had a a dreadful case of legally owned handguns.
Used in a terrible way -- someone who was clearly mentally unstable.
Wouldn't the publishing of this list out people who have a handgun in the house and who may also -- some.
Unstable -- in the same house with access to that legal gone I don't neighbors have a right to know who those people off who may be a threat.
I can agree with that statement however they only published handgun -- they don't have long -- -- so.
On my street I'm the only one but I don't know if my neighbor two houses -- -- the -- -- because that's not on the list so the reason for.
Letting people know whether gun is ridiculous because -- are not doing that they only let people know worth and and they said they did it for a public so instrument.
Yes that that's their reason for doing -- okay what are you gonna do about.
While I'm working with state leaders and trying to enact a law to try to stop this kind of nonsense.
When you -- for oil for this kind of an on the biggest proponent of open government that there -- and transparency I.
Foil for information request.
Before -- elected all the time.
-- however when you.
Can create a potentially harmful situation where either someone can get rob a retired police -- or judge can get killed which -- happened before in Westchester County.
Your -- your credit situation needs of the 11 last Olimpia is this not public information anyway it is public now by its -- -- are working to change that but that and the -- the government knows who's got the registration for the -- yes.
So -- -- follow Freedom of Information Act.
A proposal I can get -- you can get the information for you cannot have the information the rightful owners okay.
But give -- -- what you're advocating then is what you want is the government's -- but nobody else to know I think a lot of people who own guns might be a little fearful of the government only having that information I mean.
There are people who want there there firearms.
Because they don't trust this government.
Book -- I'm I'm sorry I'm -- -- tell everybody but the would you come back and tell us how things have progressed I would love having this problem definitely been a trip out.
