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Fox News chief packs heat

By John Cook

Fox News chief Roger Ailes has a license to carry a firearm in New York City on his person at all times, according to the NYPD's newly released list of handgun-permit holders. And he's not alone among his Fox News colleagues: Prime-time shouter Sean Hannity also has a city license to carry a gun.

Both Ailes and Hannity have a  "carry business" license from the NYPD, which permits them to carry a concealed weapon wherever they go in the city. It's illegal in New York City to possess a firearm without a license. The "carry business" permit is the least restrictive one that the city offers.

It doesn't come as much surprise that Ailes arms himself — a New York Times profile earlier this year reported that he's received numerous threats over the years and has had an intruder arrested on his property. "A sign outside his house shows an illustration of a gun and advises visitors that it is under video surveillance," the Times wrote. Hannity's license has been previously reported, but Ailes doesn't appear to have sought the permit until recently. A Fox News spokesperson didn't respond to a request for comment.

Other prominent New Yorkers on the permit list include Howard Stern, Don Imus, Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr., and Estee Lauder heir Ron Lauder.

The 445-page list was released to The Upshot under New York's Freedom of Information Law. Various news outlets requested an updated copy of the list after a Bloomberg News story in December reported an increase in the number of Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street bankers seeking permits for protection.

We're going through the list right now looking for interesting or new names, and we'll bring them to you as we confirm them.

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    Redrock96 Thu Aug 12, 2010 05:56 am PDT Report Abuse
    where did the 54 coments go that were just here as of about 6:30 am August 12 ?????
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    Redrock96 Thu Aug 12, 2010 01:09 am PDT Report Abuse
    Mr Cook....public disclousure of legitimate gun owners gives gun theives a target list to shot for ( no
    pun intended ) thus incouraging their victimazation and possible co offender status on your part. It
    could also lead to a criminal being shot while breaking into a gun owners property. In the name of responsible journalism ... it's not right to publish lists. In the 1950's congress passed a law forbiding
    a national registration of gun owners in response to the lessons of history. Stalin, Hitler, Castro, and
    many other murderous dictators had such lists developed in the name of "crime control". Their true objective was to disarm their countrymen so as to leave them powerless to resist the terrany to be imposed on them for decades. All failed but for a cost of 85 million lives in the wars to defeat their
    brutal military efforts to fulfill their desires for world domination. Not again and not in in America !
    You may mean well by your methods but you are a puppet PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE THAT COULD AND WILL TRY to repeate that history.... all in the name of "crime control" ! !
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    Redrock96 Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:03 am PDT Report Abuse
    Life is dangerous, Only in death is there true safety. While alive in the USA we are granted self defense choices and in many households it's still considered a trusted obligation.

    Those that make such choices deserve credit ...not criticism while acting in a legitimate manor. They
    don't wait for the police to come and protect them after an attack justifies their presence and follow up
    investigations. Your US citizenship provides you with the choice to take responsibility for the lives of your neighbors as well as your family and self. Few countries are still free enough to trust you with that
    right as a person that is no less deserving than any law officer or military person using a firearm, a 2x4, a knife, a baseball bat, ones hands/body/feet, or ones creative wits. The weak opt for luck they will
    survive victimization. Others choise skills and tools to survive. Lets not condem either catigory. That is how freedom still works over any form of 'legalized' oppression. You choise and live ( or not ) with the results of your decisions. Lets not 'ban' choices but continue to embrace them. There will be those that abuse others for many many generations to come. I chose not to be one of their victims. You will chose what ever you will and freedom prevails. Simple and sane, Please show me somthing more fair in our dangerous times ... if you can.
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    roscoe Wed Aug 11, 2010 06:24 pm PDT Report Abuse
    why are all the libs afraid of concealed carry when fbi statistics show violent crime has gone down as the number of concealed carry permits have gone up?
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    John Tue Aug 10, 2010 04:35 pm PDT Report Abuse
    Ailes ought to. He looks like a wart hog.
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    Robert Tue Aug 10, 2010 03:29 pm PDT Report Abuse
    all of those people with a negative veiw of roger and sean,glen,rush, and any one that carries a firfearm for self defense will some day be sorry that they don't have a way to defend themselves. most of the time the cops get there after you get what you wish on them, to put it bluntly you are stupid. smarten up and give up your liberal lives and become a normal person with true love for your country. you liberals are destroying the usa.
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    JohnW Mon Aug 09, 2010 08:09 pm PDT Report Abuse
    so that's how slanthead can shoot himself in the foot every night
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    GW Mon Aug 09, 2010 03:43 pm PDT Report Abuse
    Google - Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia and his Kingdom Holding Company.

    The Saudi billionaire whose investment firm is one of the biggest stakeholders in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said he is looking to expand his alliances with the media giant, in the latest indication that his appetite for growth remains robust even as his company retrenches

    But I'm sure you guys that love America have already done your homework and know how foreign interests try to gain influence and cause problems here in America.

    Like Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, second largest owner of FOX NEWS.
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    Connie Mon Aug 09, 2010 04:03 am PDT Report Abuse
    Besides....define militia as....

    1 a : a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency b : a body of citizens organized for military service
    2 : the whole body of able-bodied male citizens declared by law as being subject to call to military service

    Everything is organized.
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    Shel Sun Aug 08, 2010 08:25 pm PDT Report Abuse
    "Fox News chief packs heat"

    ...and?

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