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==Gun control==
==Gun control==
The [[Founding Father]]s knew first hand what it was like to fight against a tyrannical government, and they recognized even before the [[American Revolution]] that [[gun]]s owned by private citizens act as a threat against such a government. The following individuals have either proposed legislation against private gun ownership, or have spoken for anti-gun laws, while at the same time acted the opposite:
The [[Founding Father]]s knew first hand what it was like to fight against a tyrannical government, and they recognized even before the [[American Revolution]] that [[gun]]s owned by private citizens act as a threat against such a government. The following individuals and organizations have either proposed legislation against private gun ownership, or have spoken for anti-gun laws, while at the same time acted the opposite:
===Newspapers===
As a direct result of the tragedy involving the shooting deaths of 26 children and administrators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the ''New York Journal'' published an online interactive map on December 23, 2012 showing the locations of all law-abiding citizens who legally owned, and had registered, firearms within Westchester and Rockland counties of New York. "We knew publication of the database would be controversial, but we felt sharing as much information as we could about gun ownership in our area was important in the aftermath of the Newtown shootings," editor and news vice president CynDee Royle said<ref>http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/01/02/53539.htm</ref>. The newspaper's editors also sought out what type of weapons were owned, as well as targeting Putnam County, which denied the request. Speaking about the rage many felt over the ''Journal's'' anti-gun stance, state Senator Greg Ball, (R-Patterson, N.Y.) said in a statement "This is clearly a violation of privacy, and needs to be corrected immediately. The same elitist eggheads who use their editorial page to coddle terrorists and criminals are now treating law-abiding citizens like level-three sexual predators. Every person with common sense should be offended."
Left out of the ''Journal's'' search were people in illegal possession of guns, namely the criminal element. In the days since the ''Journal'' published their map and offended the country, an enterprising blogger released the names and addresses of all the journalists who worked for that paper<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2012/12/26/blogger-creates-interactive-map-employees-paper-which-published-names-an</ref>; as a result, the ''Journal'' has now hired and posted guards for their employees - all carrying the firearms that the ''Journal'' hates so much<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2013/01/02/gun-hating-new-york-journal-news-hires-armed-security-after-map-c</ref>.
====Hollywood celebrities====
====Hollywood celebrities====
'''George Clooney, actor'''
'''George Clooney, actor'''