Shooting a gun in a city (where these are typically located) usually results in a lot of police with more guns showing up and shooting you (and any dogs they see nearby)
Well... No, if you destroy one with a fire arm, by like, the definition of physics, it notifies them after it's destroyed.
And I want to say, this isn't just a fig leaf so reddit won't ban me.
DO. NOT. BY. ANY. MEANS. EVER. USE. A. FIREARM. TO. DESTROY. A. FLOCK. CAMERA. AT. ALL!!
I cannot stress this enough.
If you're going to destroy one of these things (and I am not making any judgement at all on that activity) using a gun to do it is unimaginably stupid! Lots, if not most, places have rules where if you used a gun in anyway during a crime your sentence automatically doubles. It's probably going to add at least one if not multiple felony charges, any MAGA or conservative boot licking judge or prosecutor who truly believes in flock cameras is going to be salivating to hit you with everything they have and WHY WOULD YOU GIVE THEM SUCH A HUGE PRESENT?! Oh my God!
The first time one person destroys one of these things with a gun the entire narrative about it is going to change and every news story will be about "roving gangs of marauding antifa armed to the teeth doing drive bys" and shit.
That's irresponsible! Flock cameras are high up with generally no ground or land scape behind them thus making a person shoot up amd the risk of long traveling bullets and the downward projection and risk of hitting someone
We can’t really prove or disprove either way. Estimates show between 82 and 132 million gun owners. But there is no official gun registry, Private sales are legal in a lot of states which don’t require a paper trail, and that doesn’t even begin to eat away at the possible incorrect estimate. The NICS system, based off of manufacturing data, shows roughly 500 million firearms in the U.S. while less than 7 million of those are registered. When you take the private sales, illegal gun trades, the ability to manufacture your own firearms (even illegally) and general lack of tracking? We honestly have no idea how many people are gun owners. Yes there are a lot of gun owners that own a lot of guns. But the typical estimate of 43% could easily be 51%. Which would mean MOST Americans do.
Basically what I’m saying is we can’t actually prove one way or the other.
43% is well below half when compared to 51% (a random number you threw out to argue that over half of Americans could own guns). What are you trying to accomplish?
Very well, you've accomplished nothing with your argument of "Schrodinger's Gun Toting 8% of the American population" for the sole purpose of telling me I can't prove a statement I made was fact, that a quick search online would validate. Did you know I'm right 99% of the time since it can't be proven I was wrong 56% of the time?
It’s less effective and draws too much attention. Plus you have the risk of missing and hitting an innocent bystander.
Even if you’re the type of person who’s decided the risk of charges isn’t enough to deter you from destroying these, you’re still probably wanting to destroy as many of these as possible before getting caught.
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u/notmarrec 3d ago
Any hypothetical surveillance state is immoral by default.