When law-abiding citizens purchase a gun, they customarily are required to obtain a gun permit. Consequently, the

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When law-abiding citizens purchase a gun, they customarily are required to obtain a gun permit. Consequently, the names and addresses of people who possess guns are available in public records. A group opposed to gun ownership disseminated on its website the names and addresses of people in a particular New York county who own guns. Was this an act of social responsibility?