UCSD Lecturer Releases Geotagging Application For "Dangerous Guns and Owners"

NF6X writes "UCSD Lecturer Brett Stallbaum has released an Android app called Gun Geo Marker to allow people to 'Geolocate Dangerous Guns and Owners.' The app description states: 'The Gun Geo Marker operates very simply, letting parents and community members mark, or geolocate, sites associated with potentially unsafe guns and gun owners. These locations are typically the homes or businesses of suspected unsafe gun owners, but might also be public lands or other locations where guns are not handled safely, or situations where proper rights to own or use any particular type of firearm may not exist.' I question how the motivation behind developing this app differs from, say, developing an app to allow others to publicly geotag homes of people believed to belong to a particular religion or political party."

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1 2 3 4 I declare flame war

[Nimey]

This article will have mature and reasonable discussion, let me tell you.

Re:1 2 3 4 I declare flame war

[sycodon]

umm..nope. None of that is self defence.

It's two assholes behaving like assholes.

your nearest gun is here

[jamesh]

I question how the motivation behind developing this app differs from, say, developing an app to allow others to publicly geotag homes of people believed to belong to a particular religion or political party.

It differs because a list of people belonging to a religion or political party doesn't help you if you need to find a gun in a hurry.

Hypocrisy

[Muad'Dave]

And I suppose this UCSD Lecturer would also support an app "to allow people to 'Geolocate Dangerous Liberal Socialists'" that threaten the Constitution?

I didn't think so.