https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/about/

I stand corrected…

Yup, looks like they have that info up. But as Geoff points out, a simple “Sure, please refer to our About page. Thank you!” to acknowledge the requests would have been nice.

I fly, way too much. I have my baggage tagged. I also FedEx just as much and my tools and equipment are tagged. I know where things are and call centers can’t bravo sierra me with false tracking.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/about/

What’s that, skippy?

I demur.

Agreed, permanently or routinely mounting a tracker in your guns is probably unwise, for all the reasons you mention, as would be labeling the AirTag as “My Gun” or similar. But I can think of some instances where using a nondescriptively named AirTag in a gun might be useful on a temporary basis.

Say you are flying, and have to check the gun in with the airlines. Having the ability to see where it is — especially if a baggage handler has helped himself to it — might be your best chance of recovering it. Or to know if the gun is taking a different path to the plane than the rest of your luggage (travelers routinely use AirTags to see where their bags are), which might warrant further investigation / warn you that TSA or others are probably giving the bag containing the AirTagged gun some special attention.

Haz, if memory serves, you asked nicely and politely 2 times now if the new gang there would introduce themselves to the readers of the ‘other’ website, and they flat ignored you, I believe. Not even the common courtesy of a simple “No, thank you”.

To me, that speaks volumes about them and their (lack of) character.

‘Eff’ them… 🙁

Agreed, Lamp. Not a “best of showing” type of article. But then, if we put ourselves into Dan’s shoes and his efforts to build viewership to this new site, I imagine part of the strategy would be to occasionally post something controversial to get the comments section riled up. Get the juices flowing and the words a-poppin’, so to speak. Especially if you can post something that will entice readers on both sides of an issue to come out of the woodwork and join the fray.

I dunno…just thinking what I might do if I were launching a site and building a viewer base. So far, SNW is proving to be enough for me to visit as much as TTAG, and…unlike TTAG…I’m reading just about every article here.

In what universe would you EVER consider “tagging” your firearm with a device that has the capability to identify and report its location? Even assuming that you could find a manufacturer/distributor that wasn’t an anti-gun Leftist?

Sure, it would be nice to be able to “track” my firearm, if it were, for some reason, to be out of my immediate control, but . . . the very real “good” from that ability has to be balanced against the risk of abuse by others (including but not limited to the manufacturer), and the very real potential for damage flowing from that ability. That, in this case (and the case of every OTHER “tracking device) I am aware of), such risk FAR outweighs any potential benefit is a given. (Read Haz’ comment, above.)

Overall, I think this site is sensible and does a fine job. I hope to be part of the fan base involved in building this site to some prominence. But your post, as written (unless you were writing it tongue-in-cheek, and I somehow missed the /sarc/ tag), is one of the seriously most stupid statements I’ve ever read from a POTG. Dude, you need to do better.