@GazaAli: The arstech article also failed to mentioned that the man's daughter was sunbathing in the backyard. She was the one that alerted the man to the drone.
Ky. man arrested after shooting down $1,800 drone hovering over sunbathing daughter
OK this is nothing short of fucking creepy. He had every right to shoot that drone down. I hope he'll sue back for voyeurism.
Uh, I doubt it. He has every right to report the alleged invasion to authorities. Anyone who owns a gun knows that you do not fire it unless you intent to kill, in defense of yourself or someone else. A flying drone poses no physical threat to you.
Yes, he'll just tell the drone to stay in place while they all wait for the authorities to come by. [/sarcasm] lol your knowledge of firearm safety is shit. The real rule you're trying to cite is do not point at anything you're not willing to kill or destroy.
And the shooter in this case really know his gun safety. In a different article, the man mentioned that he shot almost straight up and used #8 birdshots which are consist of tiny 2mm pellets which are virtually harmless when falling back down. FYI celebratory fires (people shooting up into the sky) can be lethal when the bullets fall back down. Not too many people (and shooters) are aware of this. This is why the reckless endangerment charge is bullshit to anyone who's familiar with gun safety. The man did everything he can to minimize the danger while still protecting his privacy.
Blah blah blah blah blah. More gun nut nonsense. He was arrested and will be found guilty and liable. It is illegal to shoot someone elses drone in this situation. You don't "shoot" something to protect your privacy, which he hasn't even demonstrated was violated. Idiotic.
Wrong. It's not illegal to shoot drones. If it were, the shooter would have been charged with that crime. But shooting the drone isn't what he's charged with, he's charged with wanton endangerment and criminal mischief. Later is hard to argue as it requires the state to prove criminal intent in the destruction of property.
It is illegal to shoot at UAV's.
"Whoever willfully…sets fire to, damages, destroys, disables, or wrecks any aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States or any civil aircraft used, operated, or employed in interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce…shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years or both".
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/32
Wrong again boy genius, personal drones and RC model planes are not public/civil aircraft. We covered this in the first page. Again if shooting the drone was a crime, he would have been charged accordingly, but it's not so shooting drone isn't one of two pending charges. Why don't we use some common sense here?
I guess you disregarded your own advice and decided to stay and see how many times you can be proven wrong in a single thread.
A lot of people disagree with you.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2013/12/10/thankfully-shooting-down-a-drone-will-land-you-in-federal-prison/
bmavna is a moron who doesn't know his ass from first base. He's going to give you some absurd reply that has nothing to do with reality.
Looks your fish for support backfired. lol
Holy shit. Are you that stupid? He posted a link with the federal law that shows shooting one down is illegal. OMG. dude, wow. lmao.
Wrong again. Did you EVEN read the article he linked? Look at the "fine print" at the bottom "*(as opposed to being operated as a model aircraft for recreational purposes, which would leave open the question as to whether Title 18 would apply, thanks to Brendan Schulman for that point of clarification)." The federal law specify that it only applies to public and civil aircraft. If you don't have approval from FAA to categorize your UAVs as civil aircraft, then your UAVs are model aircraft in the eyes of the law, therefore NOT illegal to shoot down, at least not prohibited by current Federal statutes.
Didn't your mommy and daddy ever teach you to always read the fine prints?
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