Schools in Florida, Georgia, and Colorado will equip classrooms with nonlethal autonomous drones designed to locate and disable active shooters by spraying pepper spray and ramming attackers within seconds. The devices, made of plastic and capable of breaking windows, represent an alternative security approach as gun control legislation stalls.
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The plastic, nonlethal aircraft, which can smash windows and ram attackers, will be at the ready in a handful of schools in Florida, Georgia and Colorado.
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Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters L: https://www. washingtonpost.com/nation/2026 /07/28/schools-are-adding-pepper-spraying-drones-help-combat-active-shooters/ C: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9091153 posted on 2026.07.28 at 19:00:02 (c=0, p=3)
Schools in three states will be equipped with drones this coming academic year that aim to find and deter active shooters within seconds.
Defense startups are monetizing school violence by selling window-smashing, pepper-spraying drones to classrooms. When real reform stalls, dystopian security theater becomes a lucrative defense tech vertical. https://www. washingtonpost.com/nation/2026 /07/28/schools-are-adding-pepper-spraying-drones-help-combat-active-shooters/