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Drone Hunters Lining Up and Paying Out In Colorado
coondoggie writes "What might have started out a whimsical protest against government surveillance tactics has morphed into more as a small town in Colorado has found itself overwhelmed with requests and cash for a unmanned aircraft hunting license that doesn't exist."
Yeah, not a real license. I don't care, I still want one.
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In Soviet Russia, drones shoot you!
[Uh, wait ... maybe not just in Soviet Russia ...]
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
Are you listening? It seems your constituents may not be all that keen on having drones used on civilian populations.
Oh yeah, it's not an election year. So I guess not.
I think this may fit the definition of irony, that people, who just may eventually be hunted by drones, are trying to get licenses to hunt the drones, while the drones that hunt them, do not need any license, because the people have already given the government enough power to ensure both: that they eventually can be hunted by drones (and no license required) and that they can't actually get a license to protect themselves.
On the second thought, this is not irony, it's just oppression.
You can't handle the truth.
"Shooting at an unmanned aircraft could result in criminal or civil liability, just as would firing at a manned airplane." I thought manned airplanes flew at high altitude over my house because I WAS allowed to shoot at them. The trailer parks is getting to be a real drag.
Having to work for a living is the root of all evil.
I have never understood the hatred and mistrust placed on drones versus aircraft, fixed or rotary wing. It seems like a bunch of Luddites. Drones are cheaper, safer, and usually more capable at doing the task at hand than fixed wing or rotary wing aircraft at doing a job thats already been done for decades by law enforcement and the military. Also a drone, in the military at least, allows for a more calm and collected engagement of targets, reducing collateral damage and fratricide.
Am I the only one that did a double uber face palm after reading this?
Probably. I'm sure most of these people just want one for the collector value. Heck, If they were actually issuing documents I'd pay the $25 just to get one and show all my friends and co-workers.
Does your solution to everything have to be shoot / bomb it? Surely you guys can be more creative - EMP, Deathray. signal jammer / spoofer, hack the drone maybe I dunno... There's got to be better ways of bringing down machines than technology that's been around since the Song Dynasty in China (960 - 1279).
I'm not signing anything
I don't think anybody likes drones except perhaps the people who build them. However, I'm really upset with the idiots who even think about pointing a weapon up in the sky -- or aiming a laser, for that matter -- in a misguided attempt to fight the spread of drones. There are *people* flying overhead all the time in aircraft both small and large, and there's no way to tell which aircraft is manned and which isn't even if you want to do something stupid. There's a federal death penalty for anyone interfering with an aircraft (or "related facilities") that results in death, so this is serious stuff. I don't like it when people go duck hunting without being careful not to point their weapons anywhere near a family cruising along in their Cessna. If you want to fight the spread of drones then do it in ways that won't get people hurt or killed -- resulting in more drones, probably. Defund them, prevent them from being based in or launched from your community or state, boycott their manufacturers and affiliates, tax them heavily, make their owners/operators/manufacturers personally liable for the worst torts imaginable, and/or whatever. But for the sake of the people up in the skies, please, please don't even think about shooting at them.
This is going to come up some day.
Person flies personal drone over another's property, intentionally or accidentally.
Property owner shoots it down.
Shooter puts drone guts go on ebay - even as spare parts, they would be worth quite a bit.
Original drone owner claims theft.
Yes, I believe you are. Most people recognize this as being about halfway between a funny novelty item and a serious protest.
I think you've huffed quite enough paint fumes for one day.
I also wonder where one finds a taxidermist that can put a drone on an attractive mounting.
Trained flying monkeys to jump on its back and totally screw with its aerodynamics?
That's your winner right there!
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"HOW FUCKING STUPID HAS THE GENERAL PUBLIC BECOME? "
The head of the science committee in congress, an elected person, does not believe in dinosaurs and climate change.
WTF does that tell you about America at least?
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I've seen lots of comments about, "This is stupid, and can't possibly be legal." That said, legality of shooting down drones is irrelevant: this is about people who are willing to pay money to make sure drones aren't harassing Americans. I'd pay $25 for that. It's too bad it's not more money. For about $10bn., you could buy enough votes to actually start to change something.