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2015-07-31 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Ky. man arrested after shooting down $1800 drone hovering over sunbathing daughter
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Posted by Fred 2015-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 This will only become more common as drones are used more. Anything 500 feet and under is private property and eligible to be shot from the sky.

Sound fair?
Posted by DarthVader 2015-07-31 00:09||   2015-07-31 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Delivery Drones... Skeet shooting with a prize!
Posted by Albert Thromosh8882 2015-07-31 00:39||   2015-07-31 00:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Man should be praised not jugged.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-07-31 02:23||   2015-07-31 02:23|| Front Page Top

#4 BIG market for anti-drone drones. Paint them black with no visible numbers or ID.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418  2015-07-31 02:40||   2015-07-31 02:40|| Front Page Top

#5 And have lots of multi-colored LEDS going. A fun hobby, I recommend, mine cost about $95.00 but the ChingLish instructions were worth the price of admission.
Posted by Shipman 2015-07-31 05:10||   2015-07-31 05:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Under US law, property owners are required to allow unrestricted airspace access to any vehicle under the jurisdiction of the FAA, the US military, or the US government.

I picked this off the internet. Can't vouch for the legality but it passes a smell test.

I would think anything above my property within shotgun range would be fair game. Especially something with a camera flying over my sunbathing daughter.
Posted by BrerRabbit 2015-07-31 05:51||   2015-07-31 05:51|| Front Page Top

#7 If they really were looking at a house, the camera would not have seen Dad protecting his daughter. They would not have known where the AA came from, only heard a single thump. I'm guessing Dad knew what he was doing, in consideration of shooting straight up, and not only needed just one shot but had a selection of which shot would be right.
Posted by swksvolFF 2015-07-31 11:32||   2015-07-31 11:32|| Front Page Top

#8 
Posted by  2015-07-31 15:40||   2015-07-31 15:40|| Front Page Top

#9 So protecting your daughter from pervert peeping toms is a crime now?

I'd love to be on this jury.
Posted by JHH 2015-07-31 15:43||   2015-07-31 15:43|| Front Page Top

#10 The answer to this problem will likely be high powered air rifles, quiet, no flash and given they can kill small game, can take out light electronics with ease.
Posted by Silentbrick 2015-07-31 16:30||   2015-07-31 16:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Careful, some of those will still crack the air; sound like a .22
Posted by swksvolFF 2015-07-31 18:51||   2015-07-31 18:51|| Front Page Top

#12 A good slingshot is quiet and one can get fairly proficient with practice. It shoots a lead or steel ball that is about a 38 cal. The range isn't too great if the drone was hovering as reported--it is just about right for a slingshot. I've put these pellets through tin cans with ease at around 20-25 yards.
Posted by JohnQC 2015-07-31 20:21||   2015-07-31 20:21|| Front Page Top

#13 Drone jammers.
Posted by gorb 2015-07-31 22:34||   2015-07-31 22:34|| Front Page Top

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