Rick Smith, CEO and creator of Axon, said taser-equipped drones in schools are part of a long-term plan to stop mass shootings.
Axon, originally Taser, is a firm that makes stun guns and body cams for police departments. They unveiled plans to construct a stun-gun-equipped drone and artificial intelligence-powered monitoring systems for schools on Thursday in reaction to a string of deadly shootings.
"Now is the time to make this technology a reality," Rick Smith, CEO and creator of Axon, said, "and to begin a robust public discussion around how to ethically introduce nonlethal drones into schools."
Smith said that the drones and monitoring system are "part of a long-term plan to stop mass shootings," claiming that it could "remotely deploy non-lethal drones capable of incapacitating an active shooter in less than 60 seconds."
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