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Oakland cops hope to arm robots with lethal shotguns

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Re: Oakland cops hope to arm robots with lethal shotguns

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Curious what others think.

Would robot police allow police to be less scared for their lives & ask questions first instead of the fear that exists in some situations that cause them to shoot to quickly?

Could this lead to a system where people can be judged properly in a court system instead of to quickly?

Re: Oakland cops hope to arm robots with lethal shotguns

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post #3

Clickbait title. Remote control bomb disposal devices with an explosive charge to detonate bombs are hardly "robots with shotguns"

I largely agree, but the explosive charge can be a shotgun blank. Which also means it can be substituted for a normal shotgun shell. And the police can use this pretty much at their discretion. How long will it take for this to be misused?

Re: Oakland cops hope to arm robots with lethal shotguns

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post #4

Curious what others think. Would robot police allow police to be less scared for their lives & ask questions first instead of the fear that exists in some situations that cause them to shoot to quickly? Could this lead to a system where people can be judged properly in a court system instead of to quickly?

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Re: Oakland cops hope to arm robots with lethal shotguns

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post #3

Clickbait title. Remote control bomb disposal devices with an explosive charge to detonate bombs are hardly "robots with shotguns"

Hi, author of the article here. I don't care if you read my story or don't, but if you're going to accuse me of "clickbait," I'd encourage you to actually read it. The plan here is to literally load live 12 gauge shells into the robot's PAN disrupter device, which typically only takes blank rounds, in order to shoot and kill people under special emergency circumstances. It's a shotgun. But don't take it from me, take it from the cop who proposed the plan!

“Yeah, physically a live round can go in,” Daza-Quiroz answered. “Absolutely. And you’d be getting a shotgun round.”

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