First City In the US To Pass an Anti-Drone Resolution

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday February 6, 2013 @10:27AM from the no-eyes-in-the-skies dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to an Al-Jazeera report, 'Charlottesville, Virginia is the first city in the United States to pass an anti-drone resolution. The writing of the resolution coincides with a leaked memo outlining the legal case for drone strikes on U.S. citizens and a Federal Aviation Administration plan to allow the deployment of some 30,000 domestic drones.' The finalized resolution is fairly weak, but it's a start. There is also some anti-drone legislation in the Oregon state Senate, and it has much bigger teeth. It defines public airspace as anything above your shoelaces, and the wording for 'drone' is broad enough to include RC helicopters and the like."

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Drone season by Lord+Apathy · 2013-02-06 10:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Two words. Drone Season. There you go, its a self correcting problem. You can increase the tax base by selling licenses too. Just thing, for $75 bucks every gun toating, drunk ass redneck can fill the sky with lead.
Errr, on second though, maybe this isn't such a good ideal.

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Jumping in Oregon by Arancaytar · 2013-02-06 11:00 · Score: 4, Funny

Would constitute an airspace violation.
Re:Jefferson would be proud by wonkey_monkey · 2013-02-06 20:06 · Score: 3, Funny

Jefferson would be marginally less ashamed
FTFY.

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