Submitted by Yaratam t3_11p51fs in washingtondc
NPRjunkieDC t1_jbw9if6 wrote
Metro should have metal detectors
roofrat69 t1_jbxar44 wrote
We might start with simply arresting the handful of shitbirds regularly dealing drugs at green line stations
[deleted] t1_jbxsi8l wrote
Which station specifically and what do they look like? You got their cell number? Do they deliver?
[deleted] t1_jbxewfi wrote
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rlbond86 t1_jbx80x2 wrote
How exactly would this work? A security guard at every metro station entrance? A long-ass security line to get on the metro? You want me to take my shoes off too? What about bringing a stroller, or a bike, or my laptop to work, how exactly do you expect that to work? Or did you even think about it for more than two seconds?
NPRjunkieDC t1_jbxhxgk wrote
Probably AI technology.
rlbond86 t1_jbxj2yn wrote
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.
NorseTikiBar t1_jby63ju wrote
Lol, so you're just using buzzwords. Great.
ChoPT t1_jby3b05 wrote
It should just use turnstile designs that can’t be jumped, like use an acrylic door/panel that it 5 feet high or something. I doubt people committing crimes like this in the metro system are also paying fares.
keyjan t1_jbx7ca9 wrote
Completely impractical.
Whatever happened to bag checks, anyway?
slyfox1908 t1_jbx7t4i wrote
What difference would that even make? There’s no way Congress would let Metro ban guns
1Shadowgato t1_jbxm90h wrote
You know that guns are banned in public transportation in DC right? In many places actually… or were you being sarcastic?
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