﻿Just days after California was forced to revamp their concealed carry license requirements on
the heels of the Bruen decision, the state "accidentally" leaked the names, addresses,
birthdays, and other personal information of thousands of the state's gun owners.
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Hey there Liberty Fam, welcome back to the channel, and before anyways asks, please ignore
my sprained finger. Fun stuff out of California this week, if by fun you mean absolutely terrible.
Yeah, so what else is new? This is different, okay?!
I'm sure it's really just an example of ill-timed government
incompetence but damn, does it look bad.
In the interest of "transparency," the California Department of Justice’s 2022 Firearms Dashboard
Portal went live on Monday. According to a press release, the database would "improve transparency
and information sharing for firearms-related data and includes broad enhancements to the platform
to help the public access data on firearms in California, including information about the
issuance of Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) permits and Gun Violence Restraining Orders (GVROs)."
And boy, did they share that information.
Their "transparency" included the personal information of all of the state's concealed
carry holders, including judges and law enforcement. The files were initially
available to download through the dashboard's mapping feature. It wasn't until the following
afternoon that they were removed and replaced with spreadsheets scrubbed of personal info.
But still, we're talking a good 24 to 36 hours.
That's a long time to have that information available for bad actors.
The information also noted what type of permit the person had, and whether they were a judge
or a member of law enforcement. According to The Reload, the Los Angeles County database
alone showed "244 judge permits listed in the database. The files included the home addresses,
full names, and dates of birth for all of them. The same was true for seven custodial officers,
63 people with a place of employment permit, and 420 reserve officers.
2,891 people in Los Angeles County with standard licenses also had their information compromised
by the leak, though the database appears to include some duplicate entries as well."
Posts on the guns subreddit also claim that similar identifying information from the
state’s dealer record of sales database and its “assault weapons” registry were part of the leak.
According to that post, people were able to access dealer records going back to 2012.
The press release stated that the state's secondary goal with the database
was to improve public trust in law enforcement.
Good job with that.
I give you an A for effort.
The Attorney General said the database was necessary to help
curb gun violence by putting "power and information into the hands of our communities
by helping them better understand the role and potential dangers of firearms within our state.”
Sure, if by power, you mean telling employers, criminals,
and rando deranged Karens who to target.
But the press release also said the state would be protecting the
personal and identifying information which uh…didn't exactly work out.
Last September, California governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill that required the state DOJ to
provide detailed personal information of all gun owners in the state to educational
institutions across the country in the name of "gun violence research." The law requires the
state to collect and disseminate all the information that was leaked, as well as
information on ammo purchases, red flag orders, and sales of "precursor parts" like lowers.
The database was created despite concerns about data security and privacy. Turns out,
those concerns were completely valid. So thank you, California, for proving a point.
Now we'll have to wait and see what repercussions people face
simply for exercising their rights in what is essentially an enemy state.
The state AG confirmed the leak, said, "whoopsie daisy!" and says his office is investigating.
The website is currently offline and the California Rifle and Pistol Association is
looking into potential legal action against the state. For now, authorities are telling anyone
who's information might have been leaked to file a police report. Because that will totally fix it.
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