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Can't imagine what could possibly go wrong with this idea.

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Everything except getting rid of guns.

What a rotten shithole of a country.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

The only way you're going to get rid of billions of guns is if you have a magic genie or a monkey paw.

If our country actually cared and was a force of good and peace, we would have a long-term plan for things like buyback as well as strict regulations and MAYBE in a hundred years we would be gun-free for the most part, but the guns are only half the problem.

The problem is the lack of community and the atomization of our feelings and perspectives. People don't shoot up schools when they feel loved, connected and unafraid of their future. When people have something to live for, they want to help each other see that future.

That's the rotten part, that's where our country is dying. We drank too deep of the well of "rugged individualism" and now everyone is wandering around like it's a video game and NPC's don't deserve second thought.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

wait, how are they going to "test" this?

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Running from the gun-drones opening fire is good exercise for the kids, after all.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Gun culture.

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Of course the password to the school's drone control system was just "admin1234"

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's on. Shooters will now respond with armed drones.

[–] _AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

government to use air strikes to prevent drone powered school shootings

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[–] PKscope@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is so much better than passing common sense gun laws.

[–] banshee@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

And cheaper! /s

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 132 points 5 days ago

I can't imagine that anything will go wrong. /s

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Let's fight gun violence with...... robots with guns?????

Oh man, eome kids gonna carrying a band flute case and sniped. How are we this stupid? Mark my words, irobot is gonna kill an innocent kid

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 104 points 5 days ago (39 children)

anything but the actual, common sense, solution

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago

They don't do common sense over there.

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[–] updn@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don't see this going wrong at all. Do you know how long a drone battery lasts? Do you trust AI to pick out the right kids to shoot?

Wtf timeline am I in?

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

The one where five white dudes who hoarded all the money control everything.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Ah AI only has trouble with minority skin colors so it's not really a problem. /s

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 63 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Ah, sniper drones. Like the ones Israel has been using to shoot children in the head.

Tried and tested on Palestinian children, now ready for the open market.

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[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

"Let's test the new firmware in the district with the most minorities."

You know it will happen. Maybe they'll phrase it differently but the decision will be made.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 69 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That one kid with a flipper zero: hold my juice box

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 29 points 5 days ago

It is so much worse than that

What happens when they can't figure out who compromised the device?

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Oh no, now the shooters have drones!

Stole it from the school.

Having attended school this hypothetical is entirely 100% plausible. More children will be killed by these drones then they end up protecting.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now you can do a school shooting from the comfort of your own home!

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[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Using school to practice your combat drone tech and funnel more tax payer money into the hands of the military complex. Very cool. /s

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wait until the bullied nerd learns to hack that system and sends the armed drones to exterminate the jocks.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

That could never happen. The manufacturer assured parents their proprietary software is unhackable.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm trying to imagine something like this getting installed in my old school in the UK, and it's so bizarre and totally removed from my reality growing up that I can't even picture it.

The whole concept of a robot armed with a lethal weapon just sitting there in my classroom each and every day, waiting for someone in a remote control centre to decide that someone in the room should be killed? I think that would traumatize me a little even if there never was an attack.

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[–] railcar@midwest.social 19 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Yep, these definitely won't get hacked

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago

Damn, even school shooters get to work from home now.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 27 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I wonder who is manufacturing the drones...

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Once the drones are taken over by child-shooter hackers, ICBM launches against random schools will be used as a deterrent. Failing that all schools will be closed and the problem with "school shootings" will finally be solved! /s

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 3 days ago

You jest, but remember that the Dept of Education has been EO'd almost out of existence, currently run by Vince McMahon's wife who is a staunch supporter of "school choice" and charter schools. These are the easiest way to re-segregate schools, put the curriculum back in the hands of moneyed interests, and defund public education.

The trend will be that public schools will have all the kids who are economically disadvantaged, disaffected, badly taught, and unable to be helped by teachers and faculty who are underpaid, understaffed, and hobbled by bad policy, the more school shootings will become a problem that doesn't affect a certain segment of society. Any parents who can, will pull their kids from failing public schools and pay more to have their kids attend other schools, or even homeschool. The fewer kids the public schools have, the more budget cuts will be authorised.

All public schools will ultimately be shuttered, under this plan. School shootings will keep happening of course, but once it only affects rich white kids, it will finally be taken seriously, at least.

[–] SethranKada@lemmy.ca 22 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Snort idea. Get there fast and get them down. If, as the article says, the most deaths happen in the first 120 seconds, then time is of the essence to stop them as quickly as possible.

Then again, they could just start feeding people properly and make guns harder to get. But since those are apparently not an option, I guess this is a "best of a bad situation" kind of deal.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Snort idea.

Nailed it! Anyone have more cocaine?

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

Fortunately they are currently only equipped with non lethal capabilities. So it's going to be fun to watch the consequences of someone hacking into them and people to realize how much of a bad idea this was

[–] SpookyLights@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Campus Guardian Angel 🙄🙄🙄

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[–] klu9@piefed.social 20 points 5 days ago

"Our drones can create a distraction." Yeah, from gun control.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This is called over-engineering the solution

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

I mean, not really. Cause it's not even a solution.

It's more likely a grift some politician is using to pay a friend some money to play with drones.

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