OK, so call it the 'bargain bin'; stick in your hand and see what you get.

Hopefully the same thing you get if you break into my house. There are several loaded guns, and pretty much always someone home who can use them.

An unrealistic view, at best. People go to work. They go to the store, they go on vacation. If they own more than one firearm, or live in a place where concealed carry isn't permitted, then those weapons will be on the street.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/...ds-153103.html

The newspaper hired armed security after backlash to their reveal of permit holders.

A little bit ironic dontcha think?

The unrealstic view is assuming that the firearms would be found or stolen. Most home in my neighborhood have at least on loaded firearm when occupied. Even the most clever of bad guys would be hard pressed to find them.
It was "Very responsible" (not) for this paper to tell the bad guys where to start looking, and funny that they found the Wisdom of "the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun" Real Fast , didn't they!

And you are assuming that all people would be as circumspect, rather than just keeping the pistol in the nightstand next to the bed. When no one is around they can take an hour or two to toss the place, because they know that it's there somewhere. They know that it's a handgun, because that's what the outed owners possess, so they know it's money in the bank.

If they outed firearms owners, with the intent of informing other residents and making things safer for all, then their motives are suspect from the get-go. Publish a name of a nut and he goes off, likely at the person who published the name. Possibly at the surrounding neighbours. Fire. Gasoline. BOOM. Dumbasses.

I would give you a full 24 hours in most homes around me . and would still bet against you finding anything you could use. Regardless what this paper did was incredibly irresponsible. Some years back there was a proposal in Minnesota to to place a placard on every that had a gun. Then Governor Ventura pointed out that the absence of a placard was as good putting up sign that said "I have no gun or means of defense" the proposal died quietly.

I don't understand why this is a big deal.

IT'S PUBLIC RECORD

Herp derp.

Hey guys, look, here's a listing of all the ones in Tennessee. And no, I don't give a shit that my name is on it.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/data/gunpermits/

The Tennessee one doesn't give addresses, just which city/county you live in.

You might give a shit if you ever apply for a job where the employer holds a stereotype against gun owners. Not that you'll ever find out.....they'll just never call.