Submitted by Yaratam t3_11p51fs in washingtondc
rlbond86 t1_jbxj2yn wrote
Reply to comment by NPRjunkieDC in Shots fired on Green Line Metro train, suspect flees at Navy Yard: MTPD | WJLA by Yaratam
Ah okay, we'll stop gun violence with checks notes magic technology that hadn't been invented yet
Mustangfast85 t1_jbxmdrt wrote
It’s the hopes and dreams philosophy!
Visible_Ambassador95 t1_jbybwj5 wrote
“Magic technology that hadn’t been invented yet”
rlbond86 t1_jbyqo0o wrote
Oh boy, I can't wait for metro to shell out tens of millions of dollars on this unproven tech, only to result in me missing my trains due to long lines and false positives. Oh and as an added bonus, there will be a nice long line for people to shoot at now.
https://www.nysfocus.com/2022/05/10/evolv-weapons-detectors-subway/
Oh boy, 2-3k per scanner every month and thousands of false positives.
Visible_Ambassador95 t1_jbyzqqb wrote
"unproven tech"
yep, so unproven that they also deployed it at Disneyland
so unproven even local schools are using it
rlbond86 t1_jbz57t0 wrote
> guests who were stopped simply had to take their items to a nearby security Cast Member who was able to perform a targeted inspection
Oh boy, I can't wait to miss trains for this and to cost metro tens of millions of dollars to hire hundreds of security screeners for nearly 100 stations.
Visible_Ambassador95 t1_jbzd5no wrote
God forbid you be so inconvenienced
rlbond86 t1_jbzskno wrote
Public transit already has the problem where it's slower than a car... Having crazy security checks will only be a higher barrier to ridership.
1Shadowgato t1_jbxm4e6 wrote
Is that what we call crime now? Gun violence? Is that how we are shifting the blame now? To call it gun violence as to make the gun the reason for the action and not crime?
rlbond86 t1_jby4smm wrote
Ooh is this the part where we pretend that our precision-machined tools designed to kill people instantly and efficiently have nothing to do with people dying?
1Shadowgato t1_jby9jyw wrote
And how is the tool the reason why the crime is happening? Not calling crime what it is, crime, it’s just plain laziness. So are you telling me that crime wouldn’t happen if you take the gun away?
Omg, the solution is so simple…. We don’t even have to address poverty, just take the guns away.
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