Technology is to the point its inevitable before cities here in the us will be 100% on cam, and I dont mind. Its a slippery slope though and it wont be long until its intrudeing into our personal homes. Also, as our country becomes more of a police state, the restrictions on the common man to record in public will become heavier. Many of the aerial shots you see with the remote control helicopters and planes were taken illegally because of various bans and such they have on those. Also many places have made it illegal to film police officers if it is "impeding" an investigation and can confiscate your phone without a warrent. I just worry that they will start useing them against us as a whole instead of helping deter crime and catch criminals. Also, respectfully, I dont agree with "law abiding people have nothing to worry about." How law abiding is everyone? Look at your state laws, its scary. Example, my wife and I are not legally married because I dont want to record it on the principle that the government has no business in marriage and back up my argument with our constitution that all powers not granted to the federal government by the constitution is therefore delegated to the states. We can be arrested because where I live it is illegal for a man and woman to live together unwed for a certain amount of time and we are way past the alotted time lol. They dont enforce it, but its a law like many others, that if they need to the can start rounding folks up. Growing up leo was different than it is now. As a kid I was into the 80's hardcore punk alot and dressed the part and walked everywhere looking like a hooligan and never had problems with leo. Fast foward an ole lady and couple kids later and I cant walk my neiborhood without a leo stopping and questioning me about where im going and everytime they run my id. A good buddy of mine who is a retired state trooper and detective (he knows not of my hobby lol) had the best argument ive heard regarding the past and present leos. He said that cops dont have to work or think anymore, they use tecnology as a dragnet until they find someone doing something wrong and fill our prisons while the actual real criminals avoid these dragnets and are not even noticed. Im blabing tomuch lol. Point i was trying to make is that although the cameras are a great tool, they can only be as good as the folks useing them and its up to us to keep them in check.
