Flock cameras at the gun range. A private company with a list of gun owners is ok, right?
The short version: A Georgia state senate candidate flags Flock cameras parked near gun ranges, warning that a private company is quietly building location data on gun owners.
Our Take
Credit to Alec Miller, running for Georgia State Senate District 31, for pointing out something that should bother gun owners and privacy advocates alike: Flock Safety cameras posted near shooting ranges aren't just reading plates for stolen cars, they're building a timestamped record of who visits gun ranges and when. That data doesn't live with your local sheriff alone — it sits in a private company's cloud, shareable across thousands of agencies nationwide, with retention and access policies that most residents never voted on and most range-goers never agreed to.
This is exactly the bipartisan blind spot we keep hammering on at DeFlock The USA. Second Amendment advocates who'd never accept a government gun registry are, in effect, getting one built for them by a private surveillance vendor with no warrant requirement and a business model built on data-sharing. Whether you're worried about protest attendance, reproductive health trips, immigration status, or trips to the range, the underlying problem is the same: a camera network that doesn't ask permission and doesn't forget.
If a candidate in Georgia is noticing Flock cameras near gun ranges, there's a good chance similar cameras are watching other parts of your daily life too. Check our camera map to see what's already deployed near you, and visit our take-action page for concrete steps to push back at the local level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Alec Miller for Georgia State Senate 31, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.