A quote, "So loveable, it tugs at our heart strings." WHAT???
And before one of you uhh achksullys me, yes I know that is a paintball gun. Just broaden your imagination a bit more please and include the NYPD in this imagination.
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1364769189874065413?s=20
I don't say this often cause it's kinda silly most of the time. But this really is manufactured consent for thinking we need robot dogs having guns. It escalated so fast from a bomb detector/natural disaster aid to a fucking walking turret. All under the guise that oh isn't technology so cute!!! uwu
They're simultaneously cool as hell and uncanny little freaks, but the fact that we know they're destined to be military/cop hardware makes them so much worse than they would be otherwise.