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Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings
(www.theguardian.com)
And those drones will be controlled by ChatGPT/Grok.
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2026
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How does one "install" a drone?
Installing one imo would be a fiber optic fixed pathway
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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.
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School during a lockdown is a perfect place for a high-speed wheeled vehicle.
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Anything but regulate guns
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Why not a flash bang? No really, what's the risk?
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Wouldn't this be a police tool?
Why not give the drone a gun?
You might accidentally shoot the (white) kid of some rich parent.
I am willing to make that sacrifice to protect the drones right to bear arms.
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Gotta get the drones out there first.
Tasers are next. Then guns with rubber bullets. Then guns with regular bullets.
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Treating symptoms, the 1954874th.
Drones are an effective tool on an open battle field; but they operate under wildly different conditions. Wide open spaces and short contacts (find target, ram to explode. They don't have to loiter and maintain that contact).
A pepper spray equipped drone in a school??? Tight enclosed spaces with halls and doorways (that are usually closed) you've got to navigate. Quad copters are loud, and that'd be amplified by that enclosed space. Without sufficient distance to keep out of reach they'd be an easy target to take down by the assailant. To use the spray, you'd have to get near, deploy it, and escape before being struck down; giving the spray to the assailant to harvest and use.
AND they've only got 8min of flight time.
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If the reasons for school shootings, in some cases is bullying, perhaps schools need to do MORE to create a school community that is more inclisive, respectful and welcoming to all. However we also need to build up resilience in people, as not everyone is going to treat you nicely all the time, and we need to, in some cases have thicker skin and the ability to say NO and STOP to people in such a way that they then STOP.
Uh, FUCK THAT? Maybe?
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.
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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Damn. I wished we had those in our school back then. What mischief I could have done with a borrowed drone like that...
Are they bulletproof?
Quick, initiate lockdown, barricade all windows and pull down the curtains!
But sir, what about dem drones?
You're right, leave the doors open en don't pull down the curtains!
Lockdown succesful, lives saved