Gun Owners Win Over Flock Cameras In VIRAL VIDEO, But Other Ranges Still Have Them
The short version: Hard Lens Media covers a viral win against a Flock camera at a gun range, but notes the same cameras remain posted at other ranges nationwide.
Our Take
Credit to Hard Lens Media for tracking this one: a gun range reportedly got rid of a Flock Safety camera after public pushback went viral. That's a real result, and it shows what happens when ordinary people notice a camera, ask questions, and refuse to let 'it's just for safety' be the end of the conversation. But the video's bigger point is the one that matters most — this was one range, one camera, one win. The same company's hardware is still quietly logging plates at countless other ranges, parking lots, and neighborhood entrances across the country.
That's the pattern with ALPR surveillance generally: it rarely gets debated publicly before installation, and it only gets removed after someone makes enough noise to embarrass whoever signed the contract. Gun owners pushing back on being tracked every time they go practice their Second Amendment rights is a good reminder that license plate surveillance isn't a partisan issue — it's a dragnet that doesn't care what you're doing when you drive past it, whether that's going to church, a protest, a clinic, or a shooting range.
If you want to know whether there's a Flock camera logging your own plate on the way to the range, check our map. And if you'd rather not wait for your local win to go viral, our take-action page has the tools to start that fight at home.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Hard Lens Media, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.