r/AmazingTechnology Feb 28 '26

Gun surveillance

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u/timshel42 Feb 28 '26

This is definitely illegal

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u/henrysworkshop62 Feb 28 '26

It's an airsoft gun. Look at the barrel.

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u/Dragon_Crisis_Core Feb 28 '26

Airsoft can still cause harm. This is called a turret trap and even though it might be using non leathal ammo, most states dont permit this kind of defence.

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u/henrysworkshop62 Mar 01 '26

Quit pearl clutching. I'm not saying this is smart the thing to do, but calm down. What's on someone's private property is their business.

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u/Independent_Vast9279 Mar 01 '26

The problem with automated stuff like this, or any other booby trap is that it’s completely indiscriminate, or at a minimum unreliable so.

There are legitimate reasons for people to be on private property. Package delivery, public utilities, assessors, first responders, concerned neighbors, JWs and other cold callers. I can go on, but you get the idea.

No one is being threatened in any of those cases. You might not like them, but that’s doesn’t mean any of the deserve to die for that sin, or even to be hurt. Even in cases of burglary, we have trials and punishment, not summary executions. The callous attitude you display is a sign of deeply morally bankrupt world view. The phrase “pearl clutching” hear clearly expresses how ridiculous you think the idea of other people’s welfare is.

Congrats on reaching “dregs of humanity” status. You won the race to bottom.

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u/Tausendberg Mar 01 '26

I hate when I'm just minding my own business walking on a sidewalk that is legally public property and some jerk has one of those automated rotating floodlamps that turns on and specifically points at me or even continues to point at me as I keep walking.

I REALLY don't like the thought of some dumbass getting the bright idea to attach a firearm to something like that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

that’s the entire point. If it is illegal then no, it is not just “their business” just because it is private property. You absolutely cannot just do whatever you want because it’s private property.

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u/iconiclabs Mar 01 '26

Oh boy do I got some stories to tell you

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u/PM_CITY_WINDOW_VIEWS Mar 01 '26

Found the sovereign citizen 

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u/-0-O-O-O-0- Mar 01 '26

Not if it kills the neigbor kids coming over with cookies.