Hackathon in SF will innovate around gun safety, mental health, & school safety

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by gridscomputing • 13 years ago

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bifrost3• 13 years ago

sigh I'm not sure what to think of the premise of this hackathon, especially since they had a previous "thinktank" which basically discredited many of the objectives here.

I guess I could also point out that one of its statements is just outright incorrect, and one of the statements contradicts the others...

I think everyone wants to stop violence, but when its akin to "Person A: Stop violence!", "Person B: Cauliflour!" what do you do?

rdl• 13 years ago

A few of their suggested ideas are great. I'd double down on:

1) Mental health services (made more accessible and cost effective using technology). Gun-based suicides are a major cause of death using guns (I think more than third-party shootings); high per-capita rates in places like Wyoming where people are remote. Mental health services in those markets would be great.

2) Drug war issues; using technology to help reduce violence in the drug war (which is the main driver of third-party violence). Could also use technology to reduce profits or demand for drugs, too.

3) Technology applied to domestic violence; the smallest of the three major forms of gun violence, but still a major issue. (guns are a pretty minor part of domestic violence, which on its own is a much bigger issue)

Interesting to note that none of these are really firearms-specific.

bifrost3• 13 years ago

> Interesting to note that none of these are really firearms-specific.

Exactly, guns are not the catalyst for these issues, they are merely contributing factors (basically almost irrelevant).

gridscomputing• 13 years ago

Note: Hacking is illegal.

bifrost3• 13 years ago

This is also a sad truth. Until hacking is not illegal, we will see people like Aaronsw die and people like Weev in jail.

Hackathon in SF will innovate around gun safety, mental health, & school safety

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