There are enormous downsides including mechanical reliability and weight.
Raytheon is already selling a system that assists a human operator in drone targeting, then knocks them out with a laser emitter. The whole thing fits on the back of a Polaris off-road vehicle and runs on electricity. That means the ammo is a gallon or two of fuel.
We've had that technology since the 70's, it's called the Phalanx system and it automatically defends naval vessels against incoming missiles.
To do this the Phalanx fires 4,500 rounds per minute. While it only has to fire for 1-3 seconds per incoming object, that's still an ungodly number of rounds, each one about the length of your hand.
To do the same with a human operated firearm would take such a degree of luck that you may as well pray for the incoming drone to get struck by lightning.
Looking at things pragmatically widespread education of the population takes time and simply won't take for some people. There are folks today complaining that "they don't teach taxes in school". These people have a problem filling out a 1040EZ. Not exactly encouraging.
At the same time Tic Tok represents a single vector for current or potential foreign propaganda and intelligence gathering targeting the American public. Opportunities to nip a single bud (so to speak) are few and far between and probably won't be possible in the near future.
TL;DR - The "sell or ban" is a short term measure that won't take a lot of time, education is a long term measure that takes years.
You threatened their worldview by pointing out that Lemmy is an echo chamber. People get angry when they feel threatened.
Man, I'm trying to remember the last time I saw a nail get hit so hard right on the head but I'm coming up empty.
Folks like that make partisanship their whole life, they'll always find a way.
You said a piece of media was non-partisan and they can't handle that. They're addicted to rage, so they're trying desperately to inject partisanship into this thread.
Well, there's a whole string of words I've never seen next to each other.
While a serviceable film, part two was a much looser interpretation of the book. If you're interested I'd highly recommend reading it.
A tourist is traveling through Ireland and stops by a pub for dinner. Lonely and looking for company he strikes up a conversation with a local man sitting at the bar. He asks the man for his name and he replies,
"Did you cross the bridge on the way into town?" The tourist nods. "I built that with me own two hands! Do they call me Seamus the bridge builder? No!"
The tourist tries to reply but the man continues, "did you see that great big stump outside the pub?" The tourist nods again "I cut that down with me own two hands! Do they call me Seamus the lumberjack? No!"
The tourist asks, "What do they call you, then?"
The man mutters, "You fuck one goat..."
It's not because it's more convenient for us, it's because it's better for the long term health of the herd and the species.
During times when no hunting licenses are sold (there are only so many wealthy hunters) the preserve rangers have to cull the older males themselves. If they don't the older males will kill younger males to try to defend females they can no longer breed with. Elephants die either way, but fewer (and older ones) die with controlled hunting.
It's also worth remembering that nature is fucking brutal. The ways most herbivores die are by starving, succumbing to disease, or being eaten alive. Getting shot through the heart is the best way to go for an old bull elephant.
That's why Raytheon developed a laser based anti-drone system. Electricity is cheaper than bullets.