No doubt Serpas will want one

We all know how much he loves high-tech crime-fighting applications. Or anything else that allows him to sit on his ass while someone (or something) else shoots, tases, beats or spies on somebody.

The unique dangers of domestic drones, which I documented last week, exist completely independent of their weaponization potential, but weaponization nonetheless must be considered. Police officials are already speaking openly about their desire to weaponize their drones with “nonlethal weapons such as Tasers or a bean-bag gun.” Anyone who doubts that this is going to happen should just consider what the drone manufacturing industry itself is saying. They continuously emphasize to investors and others that a major source of business growth for their drone products will be domestic, non-military use.

Domestic drones, indefinite detention of US citizens without due process, a censored internet, and, of course, Bandit Blonde Ale. 2012 is going to be amazing.