yahoo 'answers' giving wrong legal info

[singlestacksig]

Today i was googling for a handgun case i read about years ago and found "Yahoo answers"... i had never heard of it.

but it is a "forum" where people ask questions and others can answer..

well someone ask if they needed a permit to take a handgun to the range in Indiana...
and the " correct aswer" was no one did not..

and the thread was closed so you can not disput that...

there is a ton of wrong firearm info there..

 

[Scutter01]

Free legal advice you find on the internet is worth exactly what you paid for it.

 

[ATM]

It's like going to Wal-Mart for dentistry questions

 

[GetA2J]

"Ask" another question on the forum about correcting known incorrect data.

 

[Scutter01]

Free legal advice you find on the internet is worth exactly what you paid for it.

Er...except my advice. Mine is pure gold.

 

[singlestacksig]

In Indiana, can you transport a gun to target practice without a permit to carry? - Yahoo! Answers

 

[Pami]

In Indiana, can you transport a gun to target practice without a permit to carry? - Yahoo! Answers

Oddly enough, the answer references this page:
What are the Gun Laws in Indiana?
which does actually have the statement quoted in the answer, but under the section about children lawfully possessing a firearm.

 

[singlestacksig]

yeah, it is just amazing the amount of wrong info is out there...
just something for y'all to be aware of...

the case i was looking for was about a guy in Indian who was convicted for transporting without a permit, he had a target /hunting permit and was on way home from range but stopped for smokes..
i dont remember why he was stopped but i had read the ruling and the judge said he did not go directly home from the range..
so his permit was no good..
this was around the early 1990s....

 

[ATM]

At least the 2 comments on the "chosen" correct answer both say that it is incorrect.

 

[singlestacksig]

At least the 2 comments on the "chosen" correct answer both say that it is incorrect.

yeah one of them is by me.

but unless one clicks to read those it really looks like yahoo is saying it is lawful to do that...

 

[ATM]

yeah one of them is by me.

but unless one clicks to read those it really looks like yahoo is saying it is lawful to do that...

Ha! just realized that... now there are three comments

Yahoo probably has a disclaimer somewhere as the system seems to be a popularity vote by the uninformed masses.

 

[Episcopus]

I think the answers on Yahoo Answers are submitted by other readers, not Yahoo themselves. I think that anyone can submit an answer, and the "best" answer is selected by vote. Yahoo Answers has a lot of 'answers' that sound right but aren't. People vote for the answer that sounds the most right.

 

[Bubbajms]

Exactly the case, Episcopus.. it's people informing people. And some people are idiots, and I have honestly seen questions like "I was doing it with my boyfriend, but I was on top, can I get pregnet?" and answers like "Not if you do jumping jacks.."

There's a lot of people out there that know their stuff, but there's a great deal that are totally inept and clueless..

 

[ATM]

There's a lot of people out there that know their stuff, but there's a great deal that are totally inept and clueless..

Why must the latter always run for office?

 

[SavageEagle]

I wrote to Yahoo through the report abuse line telling them the answer is blatantly false and is going to get someone to commit a felony if the advice is followed. I'd hate to see a future INGO member become an instant felon before he gets the chance to join all because he followed bad advice! Ignorance is no excuse. Isn't that what the traffic court judge once told me....

 

[singlestacksig]

Yep, "i didn't know" won't save your butt in court..

Yahoo is teamed up with phone companies and other ISPes and is the default , and sometimes forced, portal to the internet..
they advertise you can get info right from them..
so it would be nice if they fact heck a few things...

 

[Bubbajms]

Kinda makes you wonder what you CAN trust, huh?? I see students using Wikipedia as a reference all the time - can you "trust" Wikipedia?? How about the news guys?? Books, magazines, newspapers, internets??

 

[JetGirl]

I see students using Wikipedia as a reference all the time - can you "trust" Wikipedia??

Mostly, Wiki isn't an accepted source anymore because it's "user edited".

 

[singlestacksig]

no, no i am SURE news company tell the facts right..
Yesterday FOX news said the guy used a 22 millimeter hand gun.....

 

[Bubbajms]

Well, just because it isn't scholastically accepted doesn't mean that these kids aren't taking it as true, though.. I mean, heck, there's a bajillion people out there that decide what they think about the world based on what "The Today Show" tells them, is that any better??