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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by melling on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:27PM (#20824698)
In this instance, it certainly would have worked.

“One man jumped onto the teller counter and pulled out a handgun, throwing down a garbage bag for the tellers to fill with money”

Outside cameras could have tracked them into a car, if it was reasonably close.

A security firm can monitor for false positive.

This would probably work for your average convenience store robbery too. In the US, we have a large market for security.

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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by whenchamenia on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @08:20PM (#20825474)
Perhaps you would be suprused by the number of people who carry guns 24/7. This would be very hard to implement.
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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:43PM (#20825927)
Perhaps you'd be surprised that some countries with banks have very few guns in private possession.
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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by toomanybeersies on Thursday August 29, 2019 @04:08AM (#20827665)
In countries that aren't the USA, that number is functionally close to zero.
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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by SkyBelow on Thursday August 29, 2019 @12:50PM (#20831241)
Private businesses, especially banks, are free to ban guns (and may be required to do so). So while this might not work for the gas station next to the hunting club, it should be fine for the bank.
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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by melling on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @08:55PM (#20825657)
I didn’t say it would be easy. I said there’s probably a market for it.

As with any real world problem, there are lots of obstacles. Sure, your AI will need to figure out if the gun is being pointed at someone, etc.

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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by icebraining on Thursday August 29, 2019 @05:50AM (#20828108)
Most are concealed, and the rest are usually holstered and pointing down. Doesn't seem that hard to exclude almost all of those, leaving just a few for manual review.
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