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Honestly, do they really have to be "deadly" there are myriad amounts of ways to subdue a perpetrator without killing them, or is this one of those "attention g

• mac01021 10y ago
  It would seem the use of the term "deadly" is not hyperbole on the part of Reuters. However, the legislation is not rendering legal the use of weaponized drones by police, but leaving it legal for police and rendering it illegal for everyone else (something not captured well by the headline). From the article: >Connecticut would become the first U.S. state to allow law enforcement agencies to use drones equipped with deadly weapons if a bill opposed by civil libertarians becomes law. >The legislation, approved overwhelmingly by the state legislature's judiciary committee on Wednesday, would ban so-called weaponized drones in the state but exempts agencies involved in law enforcement. >In 2015, North Dakota became the first state to permit law enforcement agencies to use armed drones but limited them to "less than lethal" weapons such as tear gas and pepper spray.
  • mirimir 10y ago
    Well, one can train birds of prey to use nets for disabling drones. And there's always jamming.