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Crime, including violent crime, has been on a long downward trend since 1994.

> But remote fire control on non-lethal weapons?

Non-lethal weapons are used for compliance, and are often abused, sometimes with fatal consequences. Turning it into a video game for the police drone operators and detaching them from it will breed more abuse.

I particularly don't want to live in a world where can you get tased if you don't do what a drone tells you to do.




> Turning it into a video game for the police drone operators and detaching them from it will breed more abuse

Again, where is the evidence for this? We’re proposing a ban that puts people’s lives at risk. You’re willing to do that on a hunch?




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