I don't think these are going to stop any shootings from happening, but feel confident that they can stop a shooter in a gun fight. My larger concern is that these types of drones are probably...
I don't think these are going to stop any shootings from happening, but feel confident that they can stop a shooter in a gun fight.
My larger concern is that these types of drones are probably going to see significantly more action in quelling non violent protests in our future.
At least nine schools — three in Florida, five in Georgia and one in Colorado — will have storage boxes that house the plastic, nonlethal aircraft made by Austin-based Mithril Defense. The drones, which can be activated by teachers, are capable of reaching a shooter within 15 seconds.
The aircraft are designed to distract their targets by flashing strobes, blaring sirens, spraying them with pepper gel, or ramming into them at 60 mph.
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The programs continue a wave of spending on high-tech security on campuses — a multibillion dollar industry fueled by threat of school shootings. Nearly 400,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since the 1999 attack at Columbine High School in Colorado, according to a Washington Post tracker, which has recorded 435 shootings over that period.
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Teachers will have an app or classroom panic buttons to summon the drones. Mithril Defense’s professional drone pilots can then fly them remotely.
The drones have been tested in simulations but never by a shooting.
I don't think these are going to stop any shootings from happening, but feel confident that they can stop a shooter in a gun fight.
My larger concern is that these types of drones are probably going to see significantly more action in quelling non violent protests in our future.
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