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Colorado Town Considers Drone-Hunting Licenses
New submitter ciotog writes "The town of Deer Trail, Colorado (population approximately 550) will be voting next month on whether to offer licenses for drone hunting. Furthermore, a bounty of $100 for each drone shot down will be offered (upon offering proof that the drone was potentially owned by the U.S. government). Is this just a fun gimmick, or a serious commentary on an increasingly surveillance based society?"
We promise we're not brain-dead morons.
Good enough for me. I've got my Ted Nugent brand bow and am ready to take down a predator! Cat scratch fever! Duh duh duh! Cat scratch fever! Dur dur dur!
Does that mean Texas is full of Help Me People?
Yes. They're called state Republican legislators, and they clearly need help. :P
!#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
IT's COMING RIGHT FOR US!!
I object to power without constructive purpose. --Spock
So you're saying there's a market for cannons that shoot shotguns which in turn has a prox sensor to fire and take out drones?
If this passes they should carry shotguns in the balloons. They'll be a lot closer to any drone than the guys on the ground will be, and will have a much better shot at the bounty.
"Think about how stupid the average person is. Now, realise that half of them are dumber than that." - George Carlin
You're only allowed to use a shotgun firing pellets (lot of good that will do with the drone at altitude), and the bounties paid out are nowhere near a practical amount of money for the effort put in.
Well of course shootin' 'em at altitude makes no sense. Waste of birdshot. And sluicin' 'em (shooting them at rest on the ground) ain't sportin'. That's why I got my brother-in-law working on some decoys right now, and I fired up the ol' cassette recorder to practice my drone callin'. See, you want to catch just as they're coming in low over the decoys.
Might have to find me a bigger bird dog, though.