Taser developer Axon said this week it is working to build drones armed with the electric stunning weapons that could fly in schools and help prevent mass shootings. But its own technology advisers quickly panned the idea as a dangerous fantasy.
“This is an idea that should get into the public’s consciousness while our minds are open to it and I felt if I wait another six months, the world is going to change and people are going to forget this pain and we’re going to see a shift in sentiments where people are going to focus a lot more on what could go wrong, rather than the pain of this problem we need to solve,” he said.
Friedman said it was a “dangerous and fantastical idea” that went far beyond the proposal for a Taser-equipped police drone that board members — some of them former or current police officials — had been debating in recent months. “I wouldn’t be surprised if there were resignations,” said another ethics board member, Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington. “I think everyone on the board has to make a choice about whether they want to stay involved.”
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Company Proposes Taser-Armed Drones to Stop School Shootings -- and Gets Swift BacklashMembers of Axon's own ethics board are speaking out against the 'dangerous and fantastical' idea.
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US company offers Taser-armed drones to stop school shootingsTaser developer Axon said it is working to build drones armed with the electric stunning weapons that could fly in schools and “help prevent the next Uvalde, Sandy Hook, or Columbine.”
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Taser Drones Are the School Shooting 'Solution' No One Asked ForCivil liberties groups fear Axon's taser equipped drones will do more harm than good and potentially be used to suppress protesters.
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