Democrats in America will stop at nothing when it comes to their disarmament agenda, up to and including attempts to intimidate Americans by providing hit lists to criminals with private information regarding gun owners, where they live, and what you might be able to find if you pay them a visit. But a corrupt government that demands trust from citizens while at the same time maintaining lists of those privately armed is not an exclusive idiocracy of the United States. New Zealand and Israel, of all places, have not only maintained registries but have also allowed them to leak, putting their citizens at risk to both criminals and enemies of the state.
Israel is an example of a government that demands the loyalty of its citizens but responds with authoritarian firearm restrictions and registries, should you be permitted to defend yourself and your family in an often dangerous region plagued by terror attacks. It was only after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks condemning approximately 1200 people to murder, most without the means to fight back, that the country finally relaxed its firearms restrictions on civilians. But the government still made its lists.
“260,000 new requests for firearm permits have been submitted… since Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel… My policy within the office was to permit as many people as possible to get a weapon… within a short period of time, we are [now] giving up to 3,000 approvals a day,” said National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir according to the Times of Israel.
Talk about an effort “too little, too late” that should be tried for criminal negligence rather than celebrated. Now, it seems the privilege of self-defense and the defense of loved ones will come with added danger, thanks to a recent data leak initiated by Iranian-linked hackers who penetrated Israel’s databases containing sensitive gun owner information, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, that worked with U.S. cybersecurity firm, databreach.com to analyze the hack.
“The documents include personal details of gun owners, including their full name, home address, photograph, military and medical background, firearm type, ammunition count and whether the weapon is stored at home… Anyone who keeps a gun at home is now at higher risk… We estimate the database contains identifying information on over 10,000 Israelis,” according to the report.
Haaretz contacted several victims of the breach to confirm the accuracy of the leaked data, one of whom responded, “This is really dangerous. This puts a target on our backs.”
But Israel isn’t the only country that doesn’t care about its citizens’ safety and right to privacy. New Zealand’s repeated inability to secure private gun owner information compromised more than 100 firearms owners in July of 2023 according to the New Zealand Herald.
While the New Zealand Firearm Safety Authority described the data breach as an “error,” it came just a year after firearm owners’ private details were stolen during the commission of an old Auckland police station burglary, according to the Herald. Prior to that, a 2019 data breach connected to New Zealand’s mandatory gun confiscation program labeled as a “buyback” was the subject of a story in The Guardian entitled, “New Zealand’s gun buyback website ‘a shopping list for criminals.”
Here in the U.S., if you think California still qualifies, the state’s Department of Injustice under Attorney General Rob Bonta launched a Firearms Dashboard Portal designed to provide firearm transaction and Concealed Carry permit holder data to anyone on the DOJ’s website. This purposeful attempt to intimidate gun owners led to the leak of personally identifying information, confirmed in a statement by the DOJ to include the names, dates of birth, gender, races, driver’s license numbers, addresses, and criminal histories of individuals who had applied for permits from 2011 through 2021. The breach also extended to dashboards detailing California’s Assault Weapon Registry, Dealer Record of Sale, Firearm Certification System, and Gun Violence Restraining Orders.
Regarding the breach, Bonta feigned concern, however disingenuous and patronizing it must have seemed to gun owners throughout the state who, by now, must know that this is precisely as the state intends.
“The California Department of Justice is entrusted to protect Californians and their data. We acknowledge the stress this may cause those individuals whose information was exposed. I am deeply disturbed and angered,” Bonta said in a statement.
This epidemic leads many to believe that the best way to prevent this type of sensitive data from being exposed is not to collect it. While I agree with that statement, we must hold those responsible for the leaks accountable for their actions. Data breaches are nothing new, and nobody can claim an error or accident at this point when it comes to exposing citizens to the dangers associated with publishing such a criminal hit list. These registries are meant for subjugation and nothing else, whether it be through intimidation, wilful publishing for and recruitment of the criminal element to assist with disarming law-abiding citizens, or eventual confiscation plans. Always remember that these people are not the first to make lists, as they follow some of the most nefarious footsteps throughout history.
the only two countries that require something but i can’t remember what, but it was pretty enlightening whatever it was, are the u.s. and new zealand.
All the people who have been Reeeeeeeeee-ing about the sanctity of social security and other data will be along shortly to enjoin us in this data protection endeavor.
To be fair, these aren’t people that tend to think things through. They do as they’re told, even if that means pausing their Mother Earth worship. Their understanding of morality is left wing power – good, anything that threatens that power – bad. They’re obedient, fanatical dogs.
When a real registry was attempted in ILLannoy recently a meager 1% provided fat boy n Kwame with info on their verbotten magazines n death sticks(& amm. o). I met one getting my van serviced. Dude had to to keep his job so registers. We’re getting tired of being treated like criminals when so many are in Springfield!!! There’s a helluva lot of angry folk here????
Not angry enough to change the way they vote in Illinois. But maybe it’ll happen now. I’ll wait patiently, but I won’t get my hopes up too high.
AG BONDI LAUNCHES CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS INTO STATE 2A VIOLATORS.
The Trump DOJ has announced an investigation into anti-gun jurisdictions that slow walk the issuance of CCW carry permits. Mark Smith Four Boxes Diner discusses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49UnZl7H4K0
Window dressing. Nothing will come of it. The State of California does not issue CCW permits, that task has been delegated to county Sheriffs and some city police chiefs. If I recall correctly, there are 58 counties in California, so I really do not see this happening.
The Dept of “Justice” likely could more effectively “influence” a (rogue) County Sheriff than the marxists at the State of Kommiefornia.
Probably more targeted at NYC for most effect per county/political entity.
This is for the pathetic politically inept azzhats on this forum who think pertinent History does not matter….
https://youtube.com/shorts/bpn5o3y0vCg?feature=shared
Pertinent history does matter. But in reality, it all matters.
Let her have her clickbait, there really isn’t much else for her at this point.
I’m not afraid of Our government keeping a gun registry. I mean if you can’t trust Our government who can you trust? And now especially since the Trump administration has taken over.
“You’re Second Amendment Rights are safe with me, take the guns first due process later. ” what more could you ask.
I need an orange robe , some flowers, beads , and a tambourine. Ride around on a Musk Ox chanting Harry Krishna Harry Krishna.
Nothing beats the sheer incompetence and stupidity of New South Wales police who kept a copy of the Firearms Registry database in MS-Access format with MS-Office password security.
To access the official database required specific approval to be granted so the Deputy Commissioner allowed the copy to be stored on the internally unsecured police intranet for “operational convenience”.
MS-Office password security can be broken and removed in less than five minutes. It did not take long for open copies of the database to be distributed to criminals with obvious results.
I have found passwordkitty accesses most passwords.
MS-Office files (the x-series) are a container file just like a zip file. Open the file in 7-zip and view the contents. One of the files is a XML file. Open that in Notepad and search for a tag (a Google search will tell you the tag). Delete the text between the tag and /tag.
This will delete the password. Save the file. Close 7-zip. And open the file in the appropriate MS-Office or Libreoffice app.
Leaks and hack hell. The Bangor Daily News tried to get the names and addresses of CCW holders here to publish. It got stopped but just barely.