A disgruntled drone tech with some undiagnosed metal issues could wreck havoc and murder a ton of students. How would you stop it?

I am so glad I left teaching all those years ago--this is nuts!

My very thought. The answer is always more guns.

That's all we're getting from Republicans these days.

I'm wondering if there will be more carnage with or without the drones.

More surveillance.
Yeah… that’ll fix it.

It’s not like every tech-savvy kid who gets bullied by the football team isn’t going to try to figure out how to hack these so they can pepper-spray a pep rally…

Last edited Wed Aug 20, 2025, 07:27 PM - Edit history (1)

Don't deploy these devices to my grandchildren's schools until 99.99% of the bugs are worked out...

There is no situation under the sun where weaponized or militarized drones belong in kids’ schools.

A drone over a schoolyard is going to have every mischievous kid finding the nearest rocks to throw at it.

And I'll even narrow that down. I hope this isn't considered sexist but I'm going to say mischievous boys, and I'm a boy and I was extremely mischievous in school so I speak from experience.

Anyway, I'm sure it's a felony to aim and throw a projectile at a police vehicle so they can round up all those kids almost instantly, get them into the juvenile courts, and from then on easy sailing to getting them in prison later and have them making all these MADE IN AMERICA things that there will never be enough factories and paid workers to .make.

Because if anyone thinks those drones are just going to sit in a dock until they are 'needed', well, I want whatever they are smoking.

Those things are going to be on station every day, constantly watching over the kids who are outside, whether they are doing anything or not. They will be spying on the teachers mostly, to make sure they are not doing 'woke' things like paying attention to the kids, listening to them and their problems, and trying to help them with their learning.

Isn't it amazing that the teacher in 'The Wall' is exactly the kind of teacher that these rethugs seem to want these days. I seem to remember that things did not end well for said teacher, and they will not end well for those who want to interject their fascist ideology into our educational system. The rethugs don't seem to remember this. Or they just don't care.

Not sure that is worth it.

Weapons of War should NEVER be used on civilians... and I say especially in the country that made the damned things in the first place! This is all kinds of tragedy just waiting to happen. If I had a kid in school, I'd be taking her out right now and homeschooling, and I DO believe in Public Education.... just not while there are pedophile and life killing republicans around. Gods, do you remember when the repugs used to call themselves the party of family values... the party of life? Dog damn them!

Taxpayers will be footing the bill for this crazy scheme (which I believe doesn't have much chance of working, with a big possibility of harming innocent people) because this country refuses to do anything about guns. Once again the only beneficiary will be the arms industry.

Start with a shooter, add in a couple good guys with guns, a couple LEOs, and a drone powered by AI. What could go wrong.?

but no more ridiculous than any "other" solution repukes come up with to deal with the results of their gun humping insanity

1) Common Sense gun reform?
2) Shelter in place active shooter drills?
3) Develop Terminator drones to invade and confront unidentified active shooters in a building full of people that could be mistaken for shooters?

I hate what is happening to this once proud nation.

"carry" in their classroom!

Surely people don't expect our brave officers to endanger their well-being in any way.

or there are screaming children.

I will give it to the two guys in Nashville. After Uvalde they git their plan together and they didn’t hesitate (to go in).

It was suggested the students operate the drones

ED-209.

I guess it makes more sense than, I don't know, limiting the insane amount of guns in this country to keep a well-armed militia in case the British invade again.

Bad timing!

Tots and Pears!

Next they'll want autonomous sentry turrets on the ceiling in every classroom and hallway.

by having AI control the drones!

It's only a matter of time before the killers attack with drones and robots that they bought a Walmart.

completely failed.

Terrible idea.

They can also be deployed at golf courses, if you get my drift.

not just deliver beer.

They need positive ID that they have identified the shooter(s). This could lead to hostage taking, too. Think of Kent State as a possible outcome as well. It just needs a lot of testing, and this looks rushed.

Begin with armed drones in schools...because how could anyone object to protecting kids?

Bet that's just the start. Watch them expand the use to include any and all "law enforcement" operations. Good way to e.g. intimidate anti-red don protesters.

Sure this will make it all better.

It's just kids. Their parents can have more!


(Of course, this is sarcasm, just in case anyone misses it.)

a donor is getting a kickback.

Welcome to the US of Grift.

The way to do it in a manner that SCOTUS will have a hard time rejecting due to their porn ruling is to frame it as State issue because the State has a vested interest in protecting children.

we'd get every school shooter, every single time.








This is obviously sarcasm, people.

will not like it, doesn't sell guns.

take care of this ?