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As i head home my only concern is that i will not be able to thank each of you for your kind words. president bush always the gentleman. well, you heard the warnings. everyone from burglars to lawmakers insisting that a newspaper's map of gun owners would only benefit criminals, now, some say it's happened. burglars hitting the home of a new york gun owner whose address is published in the journal news and police say the crooks went straight for the gun safe. new york state senator greg ball joins us. >> good evening, greta, how are you. >> greta: i think you connected this burglary to the pub...

Putnam county clerk is refusing to release prosecute prosecute -- i wasn't elected to journal news i was represent the citizens of my county. my phone has been flooded with phone calls people fearful for their lives and their safety and the safety of their family and the neighborhood. these laws were written over 30 years ago. we didn't have computers we didn't have folks media. we didn't have google maps. it's an invasion of people's privacy. >> lawmaker who backs that court's new york senator greg ball. senator, thanks so much for being here. why do you agree with the names and dresses being...

Newspaper publishing a map of gun owners ex-crooks calling the map gold. the controversy started when the journal news put out an interactive map locating gun owners in new york city suburbs, last here on the record, new york state senator greg ball told us why that information must not be published in the future. >> now, the journal news for whatever reason, no reason at all print add interactive map that literally within 30 seconds, those offenders can be on the virtual doorstep of these individuals. and we've introduced legislation, it's had bipartisan support, this isn't a second amendment...

Who actually took the time to do the training and made sure to follow through compliance and was vetted through the process to someone who's convicted, you know -- >> i'm not conflating one with the other. here's a better example. a better example is that if i wanted to take a look at the political contributions of all of my neighbors and if they wanted to take a look at mine they could easily do so because i've made lawful contributions and so have they. all aboveboard. it's that same access -- >> you're comparing apples to oranges here really. what we're really saying here is we took an oath...

>> megyn: and yet, let me play devil's advocate here, the other side will say, but there's the rule of law and no one is above it and if you don't like the law you've got to take it up with the legislators and you know, dennis sant doesn't get to overrule the law as it now stands. >> well, you know, that's a good question, and there is a rule of law, there's also right and wrong. and we have had senator greg ball and steve katz who are working on legislation as we speak right now to present. >> megyn: what do you make of -- we had senator ball on the the program yesterday and he's outraged by ...