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‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops (www.404media.co)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

A. A gun is a tool as well, doesn't mean you should make them public available

B. That makes a lot of sense. I'm not from around there, sorry for the misunderstanding

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    In your example for (A), you've unnecessarily used a controversial item in comparison to information/tool that is publicly available and cannot be used to do harm beyond holding individuals accountable, which for law enforcement, needs to be doubly more so.

    A more comparable example for (A) would've been something like the location of a police station, which of course needs to be public, and publicly available and announced.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    But an article about how guns are used and that they exist is not the same as selling them. I can see the argument that you should not even report on them because it makes them more popular, but at least in the US, guns are pretty permeated through society

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I think it's more akin to a "get guns ez pz" article. Even if most people can get them, a lot of people don't because it's a hassle. But to be fair, if it's public information then heck, it was only a matter of time until there was a website making it ez pz.

    That's not this article's fault. And some important context I managed to miss at first :/

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