I might be misreading this, but it seems like the ACLU is saying it's possible, but they don't have any yard evidence.
Anyolduser
Could I bother you for some sauce?
Best we can do is Elon Musk spam.
I feel like that was the plot of an old Bond movie.
You. I like you.
This one happened to be made of lead.
Psh, that's nothing! Todd Howard can give us sixteen times the detail!
Besides semi-autonomous (as the other commenter mentioned) wired control is an option for most law enforcement uses.
It's even simpler than that. The author sets the rules of the world. If those rules change, are ignored, or characters behave in a way that disagrees with the rules the reader's trust is betrayed.
That's why people get a stick up their ass about plot holes. They were told things work a certain way, but characters miss an obvious opportunity or break an already established rule. Lack of effort on the author's part makes the reader feel like their time hasn't been respected.
My favorite turkey recipe is really easy:
A gallon of menstrual blood;
10 long fingernails and a handful of human hair;
Super spicy soba noodles;
A little bottle of gasoline;
A trader's pack of heroin.
First, you eat all soba because you'd need energy to run fast. Then you enter your neighbors house where you put fingernails and hair on fire using gasoline and watch it slowly burn making the place smell like a crematory. I don't know where to put menstrual blood here so just make sure to spray it onto everything white like bed linen, curtains, ceiling. And don't forget to put heroin somewhere stupid cops gonna find it. After everything is ready and consumed, run for your life, kid.
Why is it too much to ask you to be honest and above board?
Why does me asking for people to actually mean what they say make me "autistic"?
You confidently.stated things as fact without hard evidence.
Noted.