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[–] YogaDouchebag@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It’s funny how much they do just to circumvent gun control.

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[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pick up that can. Now. Put it the trash.

[–] jonesey71@lemmus.org 15 points 1 week ago

My gut says when you have to say you are "the good guy" you are in fact "the bad guy."

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago (14 children)

With more than 60 school shooting incidents reported in Florida alone since 2018, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, educators and lawmakers have urgently sought innovative approaches to school safety.

No. No you haven't because every mindless idiot can fix this problem within a minute, had they have the interest to do so

BAN GUNS!

Aaaaaand problem solved.

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Innocent children will die to trigger happy drone cops. It's going to be a remote controlled Uvalde.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago

anything but do something about the guns. SMH

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago
[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

Yay! Bullied tech nerds no longer have to bring their own gun! That's convenient for them.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (4 children)

the drones were equipped with pepper rounds plus a glass breaker

That's still terrible to be at a school but I bet it would be a hell of a lot of fun to play around with. Like aerial battle bots.

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[–] hayvan@feddit.nl 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Someone will absolutely take this as a challenge.

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not surprised. The only thing we're good at in this country is making weapons.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

That's a bald faced lie. We're also good at producing food with a lot of calories and no nutritional value.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago

I'm so glad I'm not a young person in school

Gen Alpha is screwed even more than gen Z

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

While getting into an arms race with school shooters is kind of a ridiculous path, I do wish we would take this opportunity to develop personal force field/shield technology like they have in Dune.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

So will these drones be paid for by a gun sales tax or will they just cut more social services?

[–] marius@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago

Let me guess. They also use AI?

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

it's like the Onion. it's really like the Onion. some of these you go, "hah ! could be the onion !" but this one, it really ought to be the Onion

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I'm sure this will solve the problem. And, no chance at all it will be abused, somehow.

/s

[–] CraigimusPR1M3@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Make it make sense. "OH. What's that? You have pneumonia? Here's a bit of cough medicine!" Like brother... that doesn't fucking help shit....

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] quitethekiwi@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 week ago

I was always terrified of Robocop when I was a kid. What a strange world we live in..

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Honestly there are aspects about this that I like. In the vein of bomb defusal robots being obviously good. But with, you know, current politics and our chronic issues, it just feels sinister.

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