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FAA warns public against shooting guns at drones

clownboy said:
If you are flying your toys over property that doesn't belong to you without the owner's permission then you deserve to have your toys shot down.
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The sky isn't your property. You do not get to shoot down airliners because they happen to pass overhead your property.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
I have come very close to shooting at helicopters flying over my remote home looking for a pot farm so shooting at a drone is a no brainer for me.
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Guy admits to being "close to" a murderer and probably thinks that makes him sound tough. But have fun continuing to compare police officers looking for pot farms to mass murderers!
 
Countries... in our case our federal government... can dictate who gets to fly in their airspace. Not even states or municipalities have a say, so the notion that an individual property owners do is simply absurd.
 
Heebie Jeebie said:
It would have to be illegal first.
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If the butthead is using a drone, equipped with a camera, to peek through MY blinds, then what he is doing IS illegal, and I have the right to shoot it down.
 
danarhea said:
If the butthead is using a drone, equipped with a camera, to peek through MY blinds, then what he is doing IS illegal, and I have the right to shoot it down.
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Again, what law is being broken?
 
Deuce said:
Guy admits to being "close to" a murderer and probably thinks that makes him sound tough. But have fun continuing to compare police officers looking for pot farms to mass murderers!
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Thirty some years ago I lived in a very remote cabin in the middle of nowhere, no phone, no elec and I carried water half a mile from a creek. A plane started circling me so I shot a black powder rifle at it taking care not to lead it so I would miss. The puff of smoke freaked the guy out and he did a very hard diving bank turn. I never saw him again. Don't f*** with my privacy. :)
 
danarhea said:
If the butthead is using a drone, equipped with a camera, to peek through MY blinds, then what he is doing IS illegal, and I have the right to shoot it down.
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In my opinion, you have the right to kick his arse... and if I'm on the jury, you will not be convicted.
 
radcen said:
In my opinion, you have the right to kick his arse... and if I'm on the jury, you will not be convicted.
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Apparently perfectly legal. Should anyone just be allowed to kick his ass?

"Artist took photos of people in their luxury residential building from his apartment.

People living in a glass house are throwing verbal stones at a photographer and the exhibition he shot through the windows of their upscale Manhattan apartment complex.

Arne Svenson used a telephoto lense to take the pictures from his own apartment window across the street from the upscale Zinc Building in the city's tony Tribeca section. One photo prominently displays the backside of a woman on all fours apparently picking something up from her floor; another shows someone napping."


New Yorkers furious over photos taken through windows
 
Deuce said:
The sky isn't your property. You do not get to shoot down airliners because they happen to pass overhead your property.
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They don't fly low enough, but your irritating little toys do and as I said, if you're flying your hobby crap over folks' property without their permission you deserve to have them shot down.
 
Heebie Jeebie said:
Apparently perfectly legal. Should anyone just be allowed to kick his ass?

"Artist took photos of people in their luxury residential building from his apartment.

People living in a glass house are throwing verbal stones at a photographer and the exhibition he shot through the windows of their upscale Manhattan apartment complex.

Arne Svenson used a telephoto lense to take the pictures from his own apartment window across the street from the upscale Zinc Building in the city's tony Tribeca section. One photo prominently displays the backside of a woman on all fours apparently picking something up from her floor; another shows someone napping."


New Yorkers furious over photos taken through windows
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Context.

If the law allows this scenario, and I don't believe it should, then jury nullification enters into the equation.

Don't mistake this to mean that anybody can kick anybody's arse for any reason.

Context.

My answer will probably be unsatisfying to you. So be it.
 
radcen said:
Context.

If the law allows this scenario, and I don't believe it should, then jury nullification enters into the equation.

Don't mistake this to mean that anybody can kick anybody's arse for any reason.

Context.

My answer will probably be unsatisfying to you. So be it.
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What context do you need? The guy took pictures of people in a building across the street from his and put them into an art exhibit. As far as I know he has not been charged with any crime.
How would that be different than someone flying a drone in public airspace and taking pictures of you through your window?
 
clownboy said:
They don't fly low enough, but your irritating little toys do and as I said, if you're flying your hobby crap over folks' property without their permission you deserve to have them shot down.
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600 yds is 1800 ft in the air, what is the operating altitude of a drone?
I have 4 rifles that are accurate out to 600 yards. So I do believe it is possible with enough practice.
 
Heebie Jeebie said:
What context do you need? The guy took pictures of people in a building across the street from his and put them into an art exhibit. As far as I know he has not been charged with any crime.
How would that be different than someone flying a drone in public airspace and taking pictures of you through your window?
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I don't think either should be legally allowed. Just because one person got away with it in another jurisdiction doesn't change my stance that I would choose to acquit.
 
radcen said:
I don't think either should be legally allowed. Just because one person got away with it in another jurisdiction doesn't change my stance that I would choose to acquit.
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So you don't think simply closing the curtains is the best way to make sure nobody looks in through your window? If you are on your property or public property why should you not be allowed to take a picture of whatever you can see?
 
I think the best solution would be to require police drones to have POLICE written in very large letters.
 
Morrigi said:
I think the best solution would be to require police drones to have POLICE written in very large letters.
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You mean sprayed on with a stencil? Yeah nobody could copy that! :)
 
Heebie Jeebie said:
So you don't think simply closing the curtains is the best way to make sure nobody looks in through your window? If you are on your property or public property why should you not be allowed to take a picture of whatever you can see?
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That's what I would do. Still doesn't excuse intentionally peeping.
 
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