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Voltaire2

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15. it would be 'non-lethal' for about one year.

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 11:54 AM

Mar 2021

The next funding round would be death from the sky.

This is just another 'well we don't want to make the nazis angry by supporting gun control so we will do something else that will just make shit worse than before and not solve the problem."

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Why couldn't the police just fly a drone into an active shooter situation [View all] Beachnutt Mar 2021 OP

Hmmm underpants Mar 2021 #1

I like the way you think!! Mary in S. Carolina Mar 2021 #2

One day, the regular policeman on the street might carry a drone. Not there yet. Hoyt Mar 2021 #3

plus they could be weaponized and patrolling all urban areas Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #4

I don't think that would work or be something to do but Beachnutt Mar 2021 #6

every weapon system deployed by the police ends up being used Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #14

This. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #22

This is what the real-time youtube videographer kept yelling at police to no effect. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #5

Can't see it as I have to sign up for youtube, what was the guy Beachnutt Mar 2021 #10

Just what the OP was proposing. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #11

Man, what a shithead. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #23

You want to get Skynet? Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2021 #7

I'm still very unhappy about the police using a robot to blow a guy up soothsayer Mar 2021 #8

it would be 'non-lethal' for about one year. Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #15

Well, that raises the question of using drones as weapons, MineralMan Mar 2021 #9

Oh well, just a thought, I guess the best way to handle this type situation Beachnutt Mar 2021 #12

Yes, I think surveillance and possibly distraction are at issue. But, there are always those who hlthe2b Mar 2021 #13

If I was a shopper in a grocery store and facing a nutt Beachnutt Mar 2021 #17

Depends. I wouldn't want to be the drone's collateral damage in a failed/uncontrolled attempt. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #20

Armchair police officers now? brooklynite Mar 2021 #16

Stores have big glass windows...duh Beachnutt Mar 2021 #18

I know. So many experts here who have chosen not to pursue the field in which they are experts. onenote Mar 2021 #19

Drones Peace06 Mar 2021 #21