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Well... if you don't use the data from shot spotter in an actionable way and the mal-incentives for murder / illicit firearm possession don't change... yeah a tool meant to observe and record instances of gun violence probably won't prevent it.

This isn't about politics it's about understanding what a functioning society looks like.

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Considering the false positive rate was 80%, getting something useful out of it is going to be hard

Agree with your first point, but I think most if not all politics boils down to defining what a functioning society looks like.

‘Everyone is trying to save the world, they just can’t agree on how.’

As it were.

Though some do seem to think the way to save the world is for them to get filthy rich and everyone else to die.

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