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The New York Times (reg. req.) reports on a newly-issued patent for a handgun-mounted camera that can take photographs when the handgun (or rifle) is used (Patent for a Camera on a Gun). One of the uses for the gun camera is for law enforcement; it would provide photos of precisely what the gun was pointed at when a shooting takes place. This seems a marvelous use to me. If the price is low enough such cameras should be mandatory, given the gravity of shootings, as well as the costs of lawsuits and bad publicity for uncertain shootings. Ultimately, such cameras are likely to be part and parcel of the policeman's job. Interrogations are videotaped, cameras record what is seen through the windshield of a police cruiser, why not a gun camera? What is fasinating to me is how technology is slowly transforming law enforcement. We've seen how civilian videotape can identify police abuses. What will happen when police have a shoulder or headgear-mounted camera with them at all time? Is this a good idea?
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