One company in Austin, Texas, claims to have found a new solution to school shooters: drones. Mithril Defense is currently designing pepper-spraying drones that the company says can respond to an active shooter within seconds, inspired by the Ukrainian military’s successful drone program. But while some are lauding the idea, others feel that adding this technology into schools might bring more problems than solutions.‘It gives another set of eyes and ears’
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