Another drone shooting. This is not going to go away.

[TexasRaider]

Your land, your rules.
Blast 'em outta the sky, man.

 

[Protected One]

Interesting. They could have been watching the children, (there are all kinds of videos on youtube of drones videoing girls in bikinis) casing a neighbors property, looking through windows, (ala peeping toms) and after the drone flies over his property, the dude shoots it down.

While reading the comments, all the drone owners want him prosecuted for it. But none of then commented on the actions of the operators, justifying it by claiming they "were just taking photo's" at someone else's request.

My view; If I come out and your drone is hovering over my granddaughter, you'll need a new one.

Amen, brother!

 

[Rastoff]

Hell Yeah,
The guy was probably using an upland chocked shotgun, with dove loads.


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Like I said, I see guys take out 4" targets with "dove" loads at 65 yards every week. We even have one guy that does it with a modified choke. Really not that hard.

 

[keith44spl]

Like I said, I see guys take out 4" targets with "dove" loads at 65 yards every week. We even have one guy that does it with a modified choke. Really not that hard.

You mean to tell me theys let's y'all shoot guns in california?


In Kentucky, most upland shotguns are imp. cylinder or cylinder bore. (we're all gentleman quail hunters)


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[Old TexMex]

Like I said, I see guys take out 4" targets with "dove" loads at 65 yards every week. We even have one guy that does it with a modified choke. Really not that hard.

I need to get those guys to a pigeon shoot! We'd all get rich!

 

[Watchdog]

I don't get the whole hatred of drones.

There isn't anything to get or understand, other than the fact that there are a whole bunch of folks whose day-week-life isn't fulfilled if they aren't griping, whining, or ranting about something they don't like or something they disagree with. We all do it, of course, to some degree...but some people can't seem to function in society or on an Internet forum without doing it.

Oddly enough, a lot of the people who are ranting about drones, or pretending they know it all, are the same ones who rant about too much government control or intervention in our lives. These people now want the government, or "Them", to create new laws and regulations. Yessir, we all need more regulation, more structure, in our lives, that's for sure.

We forum members have a hobby that a lot of people want to ban.

We sure do, don't we? And don't we get up on our self-righteous high horse when "They" start up about regulating anything pertaining to our hobby?

I'm not a spy or pervert, I just like to fly.

There should be no need to deny anything or explain yourself here, just as there should be no need for someone who makes his own ammo or has a large gun collection to deny being a terrorist or a serial killer.

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.

That's a cool shot, I like it a lot. I love winter landscapes, and I like the spontaneous/unplanned aspect of the photo. As a photographer, I'd love to be able to do that. And just think of the wildlife photography you could do! But I don't have a drone, or the money to get into another hobby.

Plus, I wouldn't want the lynch mob showing up on my property with torches and pitchforks.

By the way, thanks for one of the more intelligent posts in this thread.

 

[Road Rat]

Facts? You've been watching too much TV. An infrared camera cannot see inside your house.

They can't even see through glass:

WHAT???

Do you mean to tell me that those scenes from Enemy Of The State with Gene Hackman and Will Smith weren't true!!!!

 

[Reggie Dunlop]

https://www.full30.com/video/b637121c93de3e186c393a025bbdfe53?ref=ASMDSS

The simple solution and fun for the whole family!

 

[TexasRaider]

This thread still going? Kinda just drones along, doesn't it?
Bwa ha ha ha ha! See what I did there? Bwa ha ha!

Oh, sorry. Seriously, it's been a long day and it's really hot here, really, I'm sorry....

 

[Nemo288]

You are not sorry
And I don't mind at all!
As the OP, I think you might have just sewn this here thread shut.
A fitting, final frivolity.
I never expected it to take off and fly so far.

 

[TexasRaider]

Take off, eh?

 

[moose1953us]

i'm just waiting for some yahoo to pepper a drone and then find out the drone belonged to the local police dept or a federal agency. they are in common use by law enforcement all over the country.

 

[YogiBear]

Aloha,

It has started.

The news last night had a report of a drone looking into the bedroom window of a woman.

Police were called. No laws that they know of was broken.

What would happen if a Small hand held laser pointer was directed at the camera under the drone?

Would the laser damage the electronics of the camera?

We know it is against the law to shine a laser at the pilots of an airplane.

What about a camera on the drone.

 

[Watchdog]

Aloha,

It has started. The news last night had a report of a drone looking into the bedroom window of a woman. Police were called. No laws that they know of was broken.

Where is Hawaii 5-0 when you need them? I'll bet Steve would know how to deal with those pesky drones.

 

[Nemo288]

Capitalism to the rescue!

Well the rounds I pictured in the first post were assuredly photoshopped jokes, but these appear to be real.
Simply repackaged goose loads.
Snake River Shooting Announces Drone Munition Now Shipping
Steel is a good idea as the pellets travel even less far than lead.
AND they are super-green!

 

[TexasArmed]

I'm not so much surprised at all the bravado in this thread as I am at the people coming down on the other side of the fence and rationalizing an invasion of personal space/privacy. C'mon! Just because many people deliberately use cell phones and surf the Internet, expressly or implicitly allowing cell phone providers and app creators to track our movements and potentially control our mobile devices remotely, while willfully enabling tech companies to sell the data they collect on us for profit by virtue of our voluntary activities does not mean that we should simply accept without a fight that we now live in a world in which strangers feel entitled to eavesdrop or point their camera into our private lives.

The manner in which the "perpetrator" downed the pesky drone is a distraction (and anyway, it's not as if he shot the drone operator). The real issue is whether or not we still have a reasonable expectation of privacy from uninvited bipedal or aerial snoopers on our own property. If we shouldn't expect privacy in public, and can't expect privacy when we intentionally connect to the Internet or use our cell phones (or simply leave them on), we ought to at least have a defensible right against invasions of privacy on our own property! If we as a society place more value in the drone operator's expectation of entitlement than the property owner's expectation of privacy in a case like this, then we deserve what comes next.

If its my backyard, then its not legal for a private citizen to fly it above my property, as my state is one of those who made it illegal. So i will tell the judge, your honor i was trying to apprehend the evidence of illegal activity taking place on my
property. None of the law enforcement activity in my area has
drones either, so i can make a safe assumption that its an illegal scoff law that don't respect our laws. I don't think they will
have much luck getting the laws changed in my state. So it
will be a long time before i get pizza delivered by drones.

 

[KSDeputy]

It is going away, if it flies over my property.

 

[loknload]

This should be a good addition to the back yard for taking out those pesty drones!

 

[Doug M.]

The news last night had a report of a drone looking into the bedroom window of a woman.

Police were called. No laws that they know of was broken.

What about a camera on the drone.

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I cannot think of a statute here that would be violated by lasering the camera, except maybe "Malicious Mischief", which is more or less intentional destruction of another person's property. And that would require that the camera be damaged; not my skillset, but I doubt it.

As for the bedroom window thing, depending on the facts, under state law here, that could be "voyeurism", which is a felony (with all the problems that presents for the future) and a "sex offense", so registration and all that fun stuff. I'd file it, and I think most of my colleagues would.

A county to the north of us had a trial last year in which someone was charged for shooting down a drone over their property. "Not guilty" verdict. Some of that may have been driven by the fact that the drone owner is from the I5 Corridor, compounding the privacy advocate concerns about the drone. I am not sure, since I am not in the criminal division, but I doubt anyone in my office would be inclined to charge a drone shooter. I am not going to advocate shooting down drones because of the collateral risks, but it sure won't bother me.

The selfish behavior of drone owners has interfered with fire fighting and other public safety duties here. I am pretty sure that such will become a crime in a lot of places as a result.

 

[Wrathchild]

I have a drone but no camera on it 99% of the time (only when I am filming dirt bikes at the track or something along those lines) Because if something happens and I lose the drone, I don't want to ALSO lose a $500 camera along with it.

And I am absolutely sick of people giving me **** in public open areas that I am spying on them. People DO fly them just to fly them. Stop assuming everyone on earth is a pervert. I don't know who started this hysteria that every drone is filming you but I assure you that if you took 1000 drone pilots, 999 of them would never spy on someone, but 1000 of them have been accused of it by someone who is too ugly for anyone to want to spy on to begin with lol. There are some sure, and if they are doing something shady, blow it out of the air, but its INCREDIBLY rare. Don't automatically assume the pilot is doing anything wrong or is even filming. Some people use cameras to fly to race them. (A buddy of mine does that, its pretty crazy to watch his footage of him darting around trees at speed)


Now the guys that fly them into places where they interfere with legit activities, not only should it be shot down but they should go home with either a HUGE fine (I am talking $10k+) or in taken away in handcuffs, and a huge fine. There is no excuse for that kind of stupidity.