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Ask Soylent: Drones and the Right to Bear Arms

posted by n1 on Wednesday December 02 2015, @11:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the weaponized-droning-civilians dept.

Anonymous Coward writes:

The political and ideological discussion in the USA about gun control laws and the 2nd Amendment has been a hot topic for decades. Usually, the topic remains in a glowing, hot-ember state. The heat and light emanating from this hot-ember pulses and intensifies when fanned by the news of mass murder involving guns. As drones become more prevalent in society, I fear the hot-embers of this age-old debate will fan into flames. While one must have a license to operate either machine, that legal requirement will not deter those with harmful intent.

Putting aside the political and ideological debates, how would soylentils implement a no-fly zone for drones - especially ones with harmful payloads or in areas containing volatile substances?

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 02 2015, @01:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 02 2015, @01:03PM (#270609)

    Last I checked it was illegal for the us govt to require such a thing. As a matter of fact it's even one of the restrictions of govt called out specifically in the amendments to our constitution.

    Get your facts straight and then start making inane correlations between unrelated topics.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 02 2015, @04:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 02 2015, @04:14PM (#270759)

    There should be a government license to speak freely, or to worship as you please.

    It's just common sense reform. Now before you get all worked up, understand that nobody's going to take your right to speak or worship away. We just want to stop the spread of dangerous words and religions by the uninformed and people with mental instabilities so that nobody else gets harmed.

    We need sensible restrictions on the first amendment. It was written in a time when people just didn't have the kind of emotions that we have today. They didn't know that words really do hurt, and religions really are dangerous to the public. It's time to re-think that. It's time to demand action.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 02 2015, @05:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 02 2015, @05:33PM (#270802)

      Classes going well at Missou?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 02 2015, @06:34PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 02 2015, @06:34PM (#270828)

        Get the fuck out of my safe space.