Posted on 09/11/2025 7:43:22 PM PDT by Java4Jay
I remember seeing clips of Ann Coulter at events with one or two bodyguards in a room full of demented students...
That was years ago, times have changed for the worse.
They are now using drones in the Michael Jackson One Cirque show inside the Vegas theater.
It would not be that costly to have a surveillance drone.
Well jeez, they cost like a thousand bucks and have to be charged up and all...USB jacks don’t grow on trees.
As of September 12, 2025, Axon has not publicly launched a drone equipped with a Taser, and the company has paused its original development program for such a device. The project, initially announced in June 2022, aimed to create a remotely operated, non-lethal drone capable of deploying a Taser payload to incapacitate active shooters within 60 seconds.
However, the initiative faced significant criticism from the company's own AI ethics board, civil rights organizations like the ACLU, and government bodies, who raised concerns about the potential for misuse, mission creep, and the normalization of armed drones in public spaces.
In response to these concerns, Axon's CEO Rick Smith stated in June 2022 that the program was being paused to explore viability and public concerns, clarifying that the idea was not a product at that time.
Axon's Taser Drone Development Status
The Taser Drone project was formally announced in June 2022 as a potential solution to mass shootings, with plans to deploy a lightweight Taser payload on a small drone or robot.
The company envisioned the drone being activated by a network of cameras and sensors, potentially launched from a ceiling-mounted device in a school, and remotely piloted by an authorized human operator to incapacitate a shooter.
Despite initial plans for a functional proof of concept by 2023 and a full solution by 2024, the project was officially paused in June 2022, with Axon stating it was a long way off and required further exploration.
As of the current date, there is no evidence that the Taser Drone has progressed beyond the conceptual or paused development phase.
Axon's Shift in Drone Strategy
In May 2024, Axon acquired Dedrone, a company specializing in air security and counter-drone technology, signaling a strategic shift towards drone detection and security rather than developing weaponized drones.
This acquisition suggests Axon is focusing on the defensive and security aspects of drone technology, potentially to protect against unauthorized drones, rather than pursuing the offensive, weaponized drone concept that was previously proposed.
So, we know that cameras can be positioned that will provide a look at all access locations to a roof to surveil & alert when an incursion is taking place and the pinpoint the location(s) for rapid deployment. In addition the cameras can be high definition that can capture high quality images & videos. In addition, it can be portable, and be moved from operation site to another operation site with minimal setup.
Just a thought
Preventative maintenance vs. neglect and broken
My work in law enforcement leads me to believe that people tend not to think in 3 dimensions. I.E. nobody looks up.
CC
“...A tethered drone or three with HD wide angle cams...”
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3 drones
3 people to fly the drones.
3 people to monitor what the drones see.
A team to respond to what the monitors see.
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$$$
The person who mentioned it earlier today didn’t seem to think so.
Yep. Eliminate all the logical reasons, and you’re left with the obvious.
“Why ?”
Because Charlie Kirk wasn’t the President, VP, Speaker, or a Supreme Court Justice. He was simply a citizen expressing his views, generally to supportive audiences.
There’s not enough money or security in the country to protect everybody who is active in politics or the media.
Obviously, he was. Drones are cheap. My BIL uses one to look at roofs because at 77 he doesn’t do ladders well anymore. You could buy a couple and put them up before and during outdoor events. I’m sure Charlie could have found a couple of volunteers on any campus to man them. How many guys use them to check out babes sunbathing?
Amazon has a drone with a 4K camera for $79.
Because Charlie would have had to pay for it himself and having a 40 man security detail with aircraft surveillance was prohibitively expensive?
Was somebody else going to pay for it?
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If adequate security was unaffordable, the event should have been smaller, and held indoors.
Charlie decided where to have it. Too bad you weren't there to forbid it.
Drones armed with tasers would surely disable any rooftop crawlers.
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Wait until all the Russian and Ukrainian drones hit the black market. This, coupled with the undocumented illegal invaders, will result in far fewer large outdoor events.
Because the ds is no longer concerned with hiding their identity and they are just going to keep doing what they want, when and wherever they desire.
no, he had some meager security, obviously
Been asking that for two days.
Butler, we know - or at least I am convinced someone in the Biden era SS deliberately set up shoddy protection.
Utah, no excuse for the TPUSA organization not to have a traveling drone & operator at all the campus events.
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