Sick Gawker stunt helps cement many gun owners' opposition to registration

Seems like a good way to undermine support for gun registration laws would be to publicly shame the people who abide by them.

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) January 8, 2013

As Twitchy reported, online gossip rag Gawker published a two-year-old list of legal gun owners in New York City. The stunt left gun rights advocates fuming, and many are now more fiercely opposed than ever to gun registration:

It's almost like Gawker et al are trying to prove why law-abiding citizens would prefer not to have to register their guns.

— RBe (@RBPundit) January 8, 2013

https://twitter.com/badfr0g/status/288745771292041216

Y registration so dangerous MT @benshapiro Gawker Posts List of 'A**hole' NYC Licensed Gun Owners http://t.co/9Q1HVhtX via @BreitbartNews

— Ken S. (@salkken) January 8, 2013

https://twitter.com/kraig4u/status/288752863927226369

Leave it to Gawker to make case for eliminating gun registration altogether while trying to make case for gun control #badtabloidjournalism

— Matthew Kiessling (@MKiessling) January 8, 2013

https://twitter.com/Travesham/status/288748351028076544

Attention all future NY gun owners ….DON'T register your firearms. Problem solved. @Gawker

— Patriotmomofmany (@TheDefLeprecon) January 8, 2013

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HOWEVER, Gawker's hideous pillage of any remaining ethics they may have had proves Feinstein's push to "register guns" is dangerous to all.

— suzyrice (@suzy_rice) January 8, 2013

Overheard all over NYC today: "Register my gun? So idiots at @Gawker can publish my name? Hell no." #tcot

— RBe (@RBPundit) January 8, 2013

RT @badfr0g I would like the thank the asshats @johnjcook and @gawker for proving why registration is a horrible idea. #tcot #NRA

— DanStlMo (@DanStlMo) January 8, 2013

@RBPundit @Gawker if a gun owner didnt register their firearm the government wouldnt know who had them and thats the way it should be!!!!

— sydney oser (@jarhead_ham) January 8, 2013

https://twitter.com/La_Shawn/status/288762278860423172

https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/288754879596470272

Nice going, Gawker.