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Re:Oakland cops hope to arm robots with lethal shotguns by rolph on Monday October 17, 2022 @12:23PM (#33235818)
i think thats because, noone has been aggreiviated,[harmed enough enough to want to do it].

if it became common usage to strap a firearm to a drone of some sort, then that looks like a contemporary use, and perhaps private citizens would commonly use armed drones to patrol property and provide a personal bodyguard.

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Re:Oakland cops hope to arm robots with lethal shotguns by blacksmith_tb on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:52PM (#33239377)
I am sure people would consider it, you're right. Somehow it seems like a riskier step then getting a vicious dog, given that a glitching defense-bot could shoot you or your family, or your neighbors, package delivery people, etc. Also I am not sure too many people would have the technical skill to build their own, so unless they became a product (with serious, serious liability insurance problems...) it's hard for me to picture them becoming popular somewhere like the US.
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Re:Oakland cops hope to arm robots with lethal shotguns by rolph on Monday October 17, 2022 @10:32PM (#33242312)
found this as a commercial example:

https://www.armadainternational.com/2017/10/dogo-ultra-light...

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