You DO realize that shotgun pellets don't cause harm when they come down, don't you?
I've had pellets come down on me on dove hunts (from someone who wasn't supposed to be on the property) and they didn't hurt at all.
Another drone shooting. This is not going to go away.
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You DO realize that shotgun pellets don't cause harm when they come down, don't you?
I've had pellets come down on me on dove hunts (from someone who wasn't supposed to be on the property) and they didn't hurt at all.
Drones
They need to do away with these things before some dumb*** lets one get sucked into a jet engine and it goes down and kills 4-500 folk all because the DA wanted to get some cool pics of something or somebodys kid or god knows what looking through the window of someones home or let the thing get away from him Etc. as far as him using a shotgun to shoot into the air , smart , very smart ! they shot becomes non lethal very quickly from any shotgun at a distance where a solid projectile could travel vast distance and kill someone , they could reclassify the Drones as a NFA Item Destructive Device with a 1000 dollar tax ! I am sure the interest in ownership would drop rapidly , as far as the guy goes I hope he gets off and that is that ! if he was able to shotgun it , it was way to close to his property to begin with , its one thing to fly a helicopter over a mans place at a normal altitude another for it to hover in shotgun range trying to look in his window or at something in his backyard just goes to show they is always something or someone to bother u if more people worked or had to work they wouldn't have time for all this Nonsense
They need to do away with these things before some dumb*** lets one get sucked into a jet engine and it goes down and kills 4-500 folk all because the DA wanted to get some cool pics of something or somebodys kid or god knows what looking through the window of someones home or let the thing get away from him Etc. as far as him using a shotgun to shoot into the air , smart , very smart ! they shot becomes non lethal very quickly from any shotgun at a distance where a solid projectile could travel vast distance and kill someone , they could reclassify the Drones as a NFA Item Destructive Device with a 1000 dollar tax ! I am sure the interest in ownership would drop rapidly , as far as the guy goes I hope he gets off and that is that ! if he was able to shotgun it , it was way to close to his property to begin with , its one thing to fly a helicopter over a mans place at a normal altitude another for it to hover in shotgun range trying to look in his window or at something in his backyard just goes to show they is always something or someone to bother u if more people worked or had to work they wouldn't have time for all this Nonsense
SeamasterSig
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Not being a drone owner, I have to wonder if it's even possible to know the exact altitude.
RETOKSQUID
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I bet you could duck tape a green laser on this and take out a drone at a hundred yards!
Assault with a deadly potato?
A tennis ball or a load of gumballs would be good for drone bustin with a spud gun.
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Originally Posted by jlrhiner
And..... We're off!!!!
Drone drops drugs in Ohio prison yard, sparking inmate fight - CBS News
Wonder if the guards should have shot at it?
Sorry Yosemite Sam!
Here's a positive News Story to make you feel a little better!
But, I am sure if your kids were on that beach you'll be chasing that drone with your gun drawn and shooting while running and screaming "spy, spy!!!"
Drone used to spot sharks in Seal Beach | abc7.com
Shirley ye jest,
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This is a fun thread, with so many emotions on all three sides of the issue
what with all the leg pullin and joshin going on, ya'd think it was a neighborhood bar
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Sorry Yosemite Sam!
Here's a positive News Story to make you feel a little better!
But, I am sure if your kids were on that beach you'll be chasing that drone with your gun drawn and shooting while running and screaming "spy, spy!!!"
Drone used to spot sharks in Seal Beach | abc7.com
That makes no sense.. its not your property (unless you own the beach) So you have no right to shoot at it. You go somewhere and you are at the mercy of the world where you are located!
Magload
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I agree with you on this as I been rained on with shot while duck hunting a lot. Opening day on a public slew can be like a rain storm. Best to just wear a long billed cap and safety glasses. Don
Good reason not to hunt on public property!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks for reminding me. I'd completely forgotten that shooting off guns into the air in a neighborhood is just good clean all-American fun for all the ignorant yahoos who don't know any better.
keith44spl
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Gen. Julian Hatcher resolved this way back.....
It's referred to a "terminal velocity."
"A bullet fired straight up will slow down, stop, then fall to earth again,
accelerating until it reaches a point where its weight equals the resistance of the air.
That's its terminal velocity."
A shotgun pellet would be no more that a hail stone of equal weight.
That is all
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TexasRaider
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Too bad it's illegal to discharge a firearm in this county. But I'm pretty good with a slingshot.
Two words......
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Anybody ever felt the "rain" on a dove field?^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Gen. Julian Hatcher resolved this way back.....
It's referred to a "terminal velocity."
"A bullet fired straight up will slow down, stop, then fall to earth again,
accelerating until it reaches a point where its weight equals the resistance of the air.
That's its terminal velocity."
A shotgun pellet would be no more that a hail stone of equal weight.
That is all
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Just shut your eyes.......... an maybe pepper him a time or two.
Nahhhhhh......... I wouldn't do that.
signed,
The Yahoo
Careful, you may be shooting down your Amazon delivery!
Rawhyde
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I don't get the whole hatred of drones. I have a small fleet of them. 2 of them I built from scratch.
Kids and some of us who never grew up like to drive radio controlled cars. I have a fleet of those too. Some of them even has gas engines (glow fuel), and they aren't slow.
I've always wanted to fly R/C planes, but there's just not enough room to take off and land here. My multi rotors take off and land vertically. I've shot a bunch of scenic pictures with them, but most of the time, I'm just flying around for fun without a camera. Just flying.
We forum members have a hobby that a lot of people want to ban. I'm surprised that so many of us are all up in arms about radio controlled flight. Maybe, it'd be worth your while to take a turn flying a cheap copter and see how much fun it is.
Can drones be used for nefarious purposes? Sure, and those nefarious people need to be dealt with. We as gun lovers make that same argument about our guns.
I'm not a spy or pervert, I just like to fly. Just like I like collecting and shooting guns... Believe it or not, it's satisfying to take a handful of kindling and bundle of wires and motors and build something from scratch, then watch it take to the air. My neighbors usually gather around whenever I fly. It's fun just to watch them fly around the neighborhood.
We don't get much snow here in Georgia, but all of the neighbors wanted pics of their houses when we had a 6" snowfall earlier this year. Here's a "selfie" of me in my yard full of snow. There's nothing "spy worthy" in this shot at all.
R/C pilots and car drivers are just like shooters, reloads, ATV riders, hunters, and fishermen (I'm all of the above); we just want to enjoy our hobby in peace and we don't all want to be painted as the bad guy just because our hobby has the potential for mischief.
Name a hobby aside from maybe needlecraft that some jerk ISN'T trying to ban.
Kids and some of us who never grew up like to drive radio controlled cars. I have a fleet of those too. Some of them even has gas engines (glow fuel), and they aren't slow.
I've always wanted to fly R/C planes, but there's just not enough room to take off and land here. My multi rotors take off and land vertically. I've shot a bunch of scenic pictures with them, but most of the time, I'm just flying around for fun without a camera. Just flying.
We forum members have a hobby that a lot of people want to ban. I'm surprised that so many of us are all up in arms about radio controlled flight. Maybe, it'd be worth your while to take a turn flying a cheap copter and see how much fun it is.
Can drones be used for nefarious purposes? Sure, and those nefarious people need to be dealt with. We as gun lovers make that same argument about our guns.
I'm not a spy or pervert, I just like to fly. Just like I like collecting and shooting guns... Believe it or not, it's satisfying to take a handful of kindling and bundle of wires and motors and build something from scratch, then watch it take to the air. My neighbors usually gather around whenever I fly. It's fun just to watch them fly around the neighborhood.
We don't get much snow here in Georgia, but all of the neighbors wanted pics of their houses when we had a 6" snowfall earlier this year. Here's a "selfie" of me in my yard full of snow. There's nothing "spy worthy" in this shot at all.
R/C pilots and car drivers are just like shooters, reloads, ATV riders, hunters, and fishermen (I'm all of the above); we just want to enjoy our hobby in peace and we don't all want to be painted as the bad guy just because our hobby has the potential for mischief.
Name a hobby aside from maybe needlecraft that some jerk ISN'T trying to ban.
keith44spl
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Anybody ever felt the "rain" on a dove field?
Just shut your eyes.......... an maybe pepper him a time or two.
Nahhhhhh......... I wouldn't do that.
signed,
The Yahoo
Yes, why yes I have, on both counts
Number 7 1/2 shot impacts at the same velocity, if and when free falling from 500 feet as it would from 5 feet within the same air density.
Something about Newton's second law or thar bouts. I think.
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I ain't ever hunted with Newt.
He's a lawman?
Is he bad about pepperin ya?
He's a lawman?
Is he bad about pepperin ya?
Magload
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I am into the RC thing also and have been since 1966. I have 4X4 trucks and planes and helo. I would have a drone but I keep spending all my retirement money on guns and reloading. Anything can be used wrong knitting needles can be deadly or a sharp stick as far as that goes. Don
I am not a "jerk". I am a land owner that wants to enjoy my land in peace and don't want to be painted as a bad guy because some "jerk" wants to use my land for his hobby. I have my own land for my hobbies or I belong to a club that has the land and I expect the same respect and considerations from other people. Larry
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I appreciate the technology, and would like to build one myself for photo/video purposes. They're pretty neat. The problem lies in the fact that drones can so quickly be used in invade privacy. There's such a well of resentment in the country against the govt for spying and collecting data, even against red light cameras, I think a lot of folks are smoldering over how much privacy we've lost. And then someone flies a drone over your backyard or land, filming you or your family?
The drone hobby is going to suffer the anger that's festering already over being 'over surveillanced'. I think if folks keep them on their own land and out of other's lives they might be ok. But the near future a lot of laws are coming that'll regulate drones just because of privacy concerns. In fact, because cameras can zoom in from so far now, some states may ban cameras on drones period. If you're flying in your backyard but filming two women in their backyard pool 75 yards away, you're still a peeping tom and could still get your craft shot down.
This'll be interesting to see how it all plays out legally, but I think that the drone hobby's worst enemy will be drone owners...
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Something about Newton's second law or thar bouts. I think.
Think it was Galileo who started thinking about terminal velocity.
He posited that everything would have the same velocity in a vacuum although he had no way of testing that.
NASA has a cool page and app you may be able to calculate the terminal velocity of that shot:
Terminal Velocity
I can't get the in-browser Java app to work what with all the security I have in place.
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