Flock wants you to “compromise” your privacy
Guest Opinion by Taylor D. Rhodes, Executive Vice President of BamaCarry and Executive Director of the National Association for Gun Rights
Guest Opinion by Taylor D. Rhodes
For years, Alabama gun owners have fought to make sure the government cannot build a registry of who owns firearms.
But what happens when they don’t need a list of your guns because they can build a searchable record of everywhere your vehicle has been?
That is the danger behind Flock cameras.
These cameras don’t simply read a license plate and forget it. They can photograph your vehicle, identify its make and model, record where and when it was seen, and even capture identifying features like bumper stickers and decals.
That means the BamaCarry sticker on your truck matters.
So does the Gadsden flag. The “Molon Labe” decal. The Glock sticker. The Second Amendment sticker.
Now imagine your vehicle being photographed when you pull into the gun store, the shooting range, a gun show, church, work, and everywhere else you travel.
Over time, those individual photographs can become something much more troubling: a searchable history of your movements.
And apparently, we’re supposed to accept that as a “compromise.”
Read that again, Alabama.
The CEO of the company building this massive surveillance network believes Americans need to “compromise” when it comes to privacy.
I disagree.
Our constitutional rights are not bargaining chips for a private surveillance company, and Alabama gun owners should not have to surrender their privacy simply because technology has made it easier for government agencies to watch us.
That is why BamaCarry has launched our DeFlock Alabama campaign.
We are calling on lawmakers and local officials across Alabama to put an end to this unchecked surveillance network and establish real protections for the privacy of law-abiding citizens by BANNING Flock Mass Surveillance statewide.
This isn’t about stopping police from investigating crimes. If law enforcement has probable cause and needs information about a suspect, our Constitution already provides a process for that.
What we oppose is treating every Alabama driver like a suspect first and asking questions later.
And for gun owners, the threat should be obvious. A system capable of documenting the vehicles entering gun stores, gun ranges, gun shows, and political meetings can very quickly become a firearm-owner surveillance system in everything but name.
We fought to keep Alabama from creating a gun registry.
We can't stand by while Flock builds the next best thing alongside our highways and at our intersections.
And once you’ve signed, please forward this email to another Alabama gun owner and share the petition on Facebook. The more people who understand what these cameras are capable of, the harder it will be for lawmakers to ignore us.
Nearly 2,000 Alabamians have already signed the DeFlock Alabama petition with almost no major push behind it.
Now we’re turning up the pressure. Add your name today and help us build a grassroots army lawmakers cannot afford to ignore.
You can share the petition by simply sharing DeFlockAlabama.com.
For Freedom,
Taylor D. Rhodes
Executive Vice President, BamaCarry
To sign the petition to Ban Flock cameras in Alabama, go to THIS LINK.
Taylor D. Rhodes is Executive Vice President of BamaCarry and Executive Director of the National Association for Gun Rights. A Southern Miss and Liberty University graduate, he has spent nearly a decade in the fight for gun rights. He and his family live in Hoover, Ala., and are members of Hunter Street Baptist Church.
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