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re: Would you shoot a drone down if you knew it was a federal offense?

Posted on 3/7/17 at 9:53 am to
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101930 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 9:53 am to
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Would you shoot me for standing in your front yard while flying my drone over your back yard? What about shooting my drone and then me?


No, but I'd tell you to take that shite elsewhere, and if you didn't pack it up right away I'd call the cops.
Posted by Crusty
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
2451 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 9:56 am to
I agree that having bullets flying recklessly around is not a good answer...and the new anti-drone guns that use radio waves to knock them down are obviously effective, but the average consumer is not going to buy one of those, so what do you do? What do you do if a drone is spying on you or your daughter?

Remember it is a federal offense to shoot them down and I doubt the law cares if you do it with a shotgun or a slingshot.
Posted by LSUfanNkaty
LC, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2015
11131 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 9:57 am to
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How many would shoot in their backyard for fun and then say they saw a drone?



What?????

Posted by learnthehardway
B.R./Northshore
Member since Oct 2007
10023 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 10:01 am to
It was strictly hypothetical. In that situation I would issue a WTF type verbal warning and then put these scarred up knuckles to work.
I fly mine indoors 90% of the time with the occasional spin around my own back yard or up the street.
Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 10:02 am to
quote:

I wish this was legal


And when that punctured lithium polymer battery combusts and catches your house on fire I'll be laughing at you.
Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 10:05 am to
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unless I know my neighbors pretty well, it's getting shot down. property rights baw.


Federal law says > 83 feet above the ground is legal to fly over someone else's property.
Posted by glock22josh
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2011
517 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 10:10 am to
I own one and they are fun to play with. I don't think people get a fair shake with them. Everyone assumes you are up to no good with it. How many people use a cell phone to take a picture of something they aren't supposed to? How many people worried about their back yard privacy leave their curtains open in the front of their house for the world to see or use a cell phone to peer in? Instead of punishing those doing wrong, the entire drone community is catching flak.
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
20552 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 10:10 am to
just curious, but how many of you people have actually seen a drone flying about? i just saw my first one about a month ago. kind of surprised, thought i'd be seeing a lot more around.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101930 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 10:12 am to
quote:

just curious, but how many of you people have actually seen a drone flying about?


At my house, never.

In public, plenty of times.
Posted by Crusty
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
2451 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 10:42 am to
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glock22josh


I get that...but did you click the link and watch the video? In a situation like that, I think the drone "pilot" is in the wrong and he/she is violating that person's private space. If she can knock that thing down without pulling out her AR-15...she should be allowed to do so. If the "pilot" doesn't want it taken out...don't fly in her private space. Seems reasonable to me.
Posted by Sidicous
Middle of Nowhere
Member since Aug 2015
17297 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 11:11 am to
Out here in the middle of nowhere, I'd have to be sure to avoid the video on it. Also be sure to demolish the thing completely. Burn the components, etc., so the missing thing can't be traced through a GPS chip or something.

Oh, and of course there's that unfortunate boat accident where I lost all my weapons.....
Posted by glock22josh
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2011
517 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 11:39 am to
Thats my point. If the person is obviously doing wrong then punish that person. So many people are scared of them for nothing.
Posted by madmaxvol
Infinity + 1 Posts
Member since Oct 2011
19213 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 11:54 am to
Shoot it down with a t-shirt gun. Sure, the drone owners will be mad at first...but then...hey, free t-shirt.

Posted by CrimsonTideMD
Member since Dec 2010
6925 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 11:56 am to
quote:


Would you shoot a drone down if you knew it was a federal offense? by Crusty



Well...not in plain sight
Posted by Dead End
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2013
21237 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 12:32 pm to
quote:

the new anti-drone guns that use radio waves to knock them down are obviously effective


Hmm, I learned something new.
That's cool..
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
17770 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 12:41 pm to
Any good baw with a fishing poll could bring that bitch down just let that mono run for a second and rip it
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
21983 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 12:51 pm to
quote:

What do you do if a drone is spying on you or your daughter?

Remember it is a federal offense to shoot them down and I doubt the law cares if you do it with a shotgun or a slingshot.



If someone is spying on my family (not just flying over my property en route to somewhere else, but hovering and spying), if I can't walk in my front yard and see where its being operated from, I'm getting a garden hose and spraying it. Hopefully the operator gets the hint and flies away or I knock it down, then the operator is going to have to come knock on my door to get it back. Either way, I'll call the cops myself.
Posted by tigerpawl
Can't get there from here.
Member since Dec 2003
22390 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 8:50 pm to
I saw the video. I think the drone operator over-stepped the bounds of "Best Practices". Not sure where "personal space" starts and stops, but I thought he was asking for it. You don't stand 3 inches from someone in the checkout line even though you don't make physical contact.
Posted by Crusty
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
2451 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 9:49 pm to
How long before people start modifying their drones with anti-drone weapons? How much fun would it be to launch your drone to defend your airspace.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
21983 posts
Posted on 3/7/17 at 10:27 pm to
Already got backyard drone warfare covered: LINK


But you could also tie some type of netting to the bottom of your drone and fly it to catch the invading drone in the net
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