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by mikefallen 2385 days ago
Yeah cuz what we need is more cameras installed by the gov invading our privacy. You think they should implement facial recognition on them too? Don't leave values in your car easy as that ....
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I had security cameras installed at my home last week. We already had a security system. I dont like having the cameraa, but the final straw was when someone tried to break into my home while I was at work and my wife was home the Friday before Thanksgiving in the US. With no cameras, had nothing to give the police.

Id like to get a 12 gauge shotgun and teach my wife to use it, but she's gun shy. (I am licensed by the state, but dont own any firearms). There is something about the aound of a 12 gauge round being chambered that puts the fear of God in everyone (and I'm an atheist).

>>Id like to get a 12 gauge shotgun and teach my wife to use it, but she's gun shy.

That sounds like a great way to get your wife shot to be honest. Either by criminals or by police coming to "help" you. You might as well advise people to carry a knife to avoid a mugging.

Not necessarily. Assuming his wife was comfortable learning more about how to safely handle a firearm it could be a great asset for protecting their household...
Regardless of the crime committed, victim blaming is not the correct response.
Isnt putting everyone under scrutiny for the bad act of one person as bad as victim blaming?

Glad I live where I dont have to lock my doors. You surveilence obsessed kind make me uneasy.

Odd how it isn't "surveillance" when criminals monitor people. I think there's a certain age where you start seeing things differently, biologically.
It's possible to make the first point without leaping directly to the second.
Cameras in public, theft-prone areas hardly seem like a privacy invasion.