• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      Didn’t you read the article? Clearly they are…they had some self-control, and fitted the drones with less-lethals instead.

      You want them to strap it with an AR or something?

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    Fucking LOL.

    Let’s make school shootings even more confusing by making sure both victims and shooter(s) are all grouped together on the ground screaming about the waeaponized capsacin in their eyes.

    Cops in Texas are going to have to explain why they mowed down multiple innocents simply because they couldn’t figure out who the shooter was in a sea of kids screaming about getting pepper sprayed after almost getting shot.

    This will not end well. It will end with more dead kids not less.

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      It’s not going to get used at all. They’ll sit in their pods, collecting dust and by the time they get activated, if ever, the batteries will be dead, the control software will have bad update or version mismatch, or the nozzles will be clogged.

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        It’ll require a sideloaded android app and they’ll have to wait 24 hours to use it.

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    I got these for the office to stop people from slacking off. Works like a charm. They’ll get you good if you spend too long at the water cooler.

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      I’ll send you my script to have them monitor bathroom usage. I’ve perfected lobing the pepper balls over the bathroom partitions.

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        Oh that would be nice. I currently use motion activated lights in the bathroom set to turn off after 30 seconds. Cell reception is terrible in there too.

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    The US is such a backwards place.

    Guy 1: “Uhhh, too many people are shooting up schools with guns. What can we do about that?”

    Guy 2: “I know a guy who knows a guy who can make a drone that shoots pepperballs. We can also install bulletproof doors that lock from the inside and get some armed guards to patrol the kindergarden.”

    Guy 3: “What if we enact some reasonable gun laws?”

    Guy 1 and 2: “Ba-ha-ha-ha. Fuck off, commie. Jesus gave all’ya’all these guns. Why do you hate Jesus?”

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    I can’t think of anything more American than weapon-carrying drones being deployed to combat armed attackers in schools.

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    Damn. I wished we had those in our school back then. What mischief I could have done with a borrowed drone like that…

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    You know how conservatives yell about protecting the children? HEY MOTHERFUCKERS, KIDS NEED A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN AND JUST BE WITHOUT GODDAMN ARMED DRONES FLYING AROUND THE HALLS OF THEIR SCHOOLS. THAT SHIT IS PERVERSE AND WEIRD. WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE THINKING? IS NOTHING SACRED? LEAVE THE FUCKIN CHILDREN ALONE.