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Hate to break it to you gbaji, but Facebook already has a detailed map of people who own guns (or who are thinking about owning guns). All of your likes and dislikes are thoroughly cataloged. And even if you yourself aren't on Facebook, you're just a minute exclusion from the data. And consequently if you're afraid of people targeting break-ins to steal guns, well, then guns aren't functioning as intended, are they?

Yeah, but if you don't think about it at all it sure sounds scary.

People still edit posts to comment on rate downs? I thought that was so 00's.

Why Visa?

I don't care about who owns a gun so long as they are a responsible owner and don't threaten others or cause injury. My opinion would be slightly different if I had children. I think that much like knowing that a sex offender is living in your neighborhood, I would like to know who on my block owned a gun so I could exercise caution if my child was going to that residence for some reason. Whether the lists should be published online or by news agencies doesn't really matter to me so long as the information was available through some government agency.

Forming a local school protection posse, eh?

Mmm...sounds almost exactly like a Get Out the Vote Early campaign. That's smart.

Yes, that's obviously what I meant...



Thinking more along the lines of many people will eventually buy a gun or firearm-related item using something with a VISA logo on it, and from that you could likely deduce many of the gun owners.

Is there another private entity you think would have a better list? Except the before-listed newspaper of course.

Edit: Why the heck is ZAM putting 2 copies of everything I quote up when I post? Is that happening to anyone else?

Edited, Feb 21st 2013 10:50am by someproteinguy

It's not just your "likes". Facebook uses everything you type/post/discuss to add to your demographic profile. Like posting pictures with pro-gun sentiments? Facebook knows that. Like to say derogatory things about brown people? Facebook knows that too. Even information posted in "private" groups is collected and used. The information they collect and store is much more intricate and detailed than the current list of "likes" you choose to display.

How many people do you think have come home and updated their status with "I just bought a new gun!!" Likewise, how many people do you think are flagged as having said "I will NEVER own a gun!" Now THAT would be valuable information to criminals. A detailed map of all the pacifist pussies who aren't going to protect themselves if you come to take their loot.

Or, you know, Facebook's just a fun website where you can comment on your friends' baby pictures while letting them know you enjoy using Pledge furniture polish. Harmless and totally worth a 40 billion dollar net worth.



edit: I was totally hit by the double quote bug.

Edited, Feb 21st 2013 1:14pm by Guenny

I'm a little amused by the idea that this list would be used to "intimidate" people who have firearms.

"Hey, I see here you bought a gun! Lemme get up in your face and start trying to scare you!"

If you wish to subscribe to the theory that the government would come after you, fine. But they already have the list. How am I, Joseph Q. Middleclass, going to intimidate anyone?


He'd shut up and not say a word. The paradox of freedom is that you can safely ***** and moan at length about how you're not really free since there's no consequences for it.

Edited, Feb 21st 2013 3:44pm by Jophiel

An easy compromise is to track who have weapons but only push out the numbers and statistics for EASY public access, i.e. "There are 34 registered guns in X Town".



Unless you had every local phone book in the nation, it would be quite difficult to get a person's number without using the Internet. With the increased usage of cell phones, people tend not to change their numbers as they move. So, the Internet makes it a lot easier to track someone today than it would using the phone books in the past.

Edited, Feb 22nd 2013 1:50am by Almalieque

I remember people complaining about Facebook's News Feed "violating their privacy" when the only information that was shown was the information provided. Once people realize that their information is easily accessible regardless of their efforts, the complaints will decease.

And yet, a newspaper in NY thought it was important to create an interactive internet map with all registered gun owners on it, not just those who are irresponsible.



I would like to think that a responsible parent wouldn't be allowing their child to go to someone's home they didn't know well enough to ask this information of directly if that's really that much of a concern for them.



Owning a gun is not a crime. There's no reason to have a "list" at all, much less allowing it to be published. Period. End of story.