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'Campus Guardian Angel' Drones Can Also Smash Windows And Ram Attackers
This is how the Campus Guardian Angel drone system is designed to work:
The drone defense firm's CEO underlined that “the first 120 seconds are incredibly critical, because that’s when most of the shooting happens.” That implies that he thinks Campus Guardian Angel drones could be successfully deployed within that very narrow time window. But Uvalde was quite unusual, as responding law enforcement seemed paralyzed, waiting over an hour to enter the classroom.
These school-based drone systems are not without their critics. Some say that the funds may be better spent on prevention than cure. Even Mithril’s founder and CEO’s opinion seems to be that if these drones aren’t prompted into action within two minutes, they aren’t living up to their promise.
There is also the concern that drones could misidentify students or protection officers when controllers are under pressure. Others say that military-style drone systems aren’t appropriate for schools, and will cost a lot more than simple measures and routines regarding locked doors.
With the three states proceeding with pilot programs this year, we may see the true value and capabilities of the Campus Guardian Angel drones. If these drone-protected schools don’t suffer any terrible shooting incidents, then it may be claimed that the drones are at least a deterrent.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by khallow on Tuesday August 04, @11:35AM (3 children)
And? How much of our freedom should we destroy to reduce that number somewhat? My view: there's always going to be stupid people and mean people. And they occasionally will do stupid and mean things. Show there's a real problem here that requires us to curb the freedom of hundreds of millions of law abiding citizens.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Bentonite on Tuesday August 04, @11:45AM
Destroying freedom further in the land of the nonfree, isn't going to reduce the number of school shooting deaths - as those are the result of violence, not freedoms exercised.
Trying to end violence, with more governmental violence, is doomed to fail.
(Score: 4, Flamebait) by epitaxial on Tuesday August 04, @12:48PM (1 child)
Therein lies the problem. You love guns more than you love children.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday August 05, @02:51AM
Rather I support the freedom of three hundred million people over shallow ideological signaling.