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Gun-Firing Drone Raises Some Eyebrows
An anonymous reader writes: A video posted on YouTube showing a drone firing a gun in a wooded area has caused some controversy today. The short video shows a four-rotored custom drone with a special rig containing a handgun. The handgun proceeds to fire four shots, handling the recoil better than might be expected. The user who posted the video also submitted it to Reddit, where a commenter noted that the apparent use of a solenoid trigger would class the device as an automatic weapon under ATF rules.
This has two components, the handgun and the drone. I suspect the push will be for greater legislation of drones rather than handguns.
I'm glad someone is exercising their 2nd amendment rights this way. This is exactly what the founding fathers had in mind.
well the problem with that is a gun is not a very aerodynamically sound shape. It would probably start tumbling right out of the barrel and lose velocity far too quickly to have any kind of range. Firing bullets was the proper choice here, let's not armchair quarterback their decisions too much, okay?
Cool project, and it doesn't appear to be illegal (Yet). The definition of a machine gun by the ATF is a gun that fires multiple rounds per trigger pull. There are several companies that manufacture guns with electronic triggers.
Depending on how it is set up, they could nail him for "constructive possession". But assuming this is just a servo and the gun has not been modified, it appears to meet their rules. Then again, the way the ATF is known for having vague definitions and making examples out of people. There was a short period of time where they considered a shoelace to be a machine gun.
http://www.everydaynodaysoff.c...
If they want, they can call constructive possession on just about anyone. Not the people you want to piss off.
What's ATF? A bunch of busybodies seeking to control our use of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms — all perfectly legal things. Dissolution of that agency is long overdue — it should never have been created in the first place...
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
In drone-filled American, skeet shoot YOU!
Wherever You Go, There You Are
See! I told you someone would think of a military use for drones.
(Apart from any observations about how technological advances are largely driven by porn and guns)...
I can see some people mounting camera-sighted scope rifles on their drones. Protecting the lives of controversial public figures has suddenly become a whole lot more difficult. Expect an arms-war of RF jamming and anti-drone drones, and countermeasures to these, in endless iterations.
-- In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was UNSIGNED, and the main(){} was without form and void...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Check out FPS Russia video made three years ago with 27Million views. Handgun yielding quadcopter is a bit amateurish compared to the automatic weapon merged with the quadcopter.
Imagine what a quadcopter upgraded with high speed internet, nightvision optics and with the extended range (made possible with advanced batteries) could do.
Heck, drones are already used for smuggling operations.
It's funny to see people get their panties in a twist over this. Especially since this video is pretty tame compared to what's already been done. Now watch the REAL video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I mean, you have to admire the technology, but eyebrows? On a drone?
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Fake.
Both the 'Russian' (his name is Kyle Myers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... ) and the quadcopter ( http://www.military.com/video/... ).
Not saying it will never be done (the opposite, in fact), just that it hasn't been done just yet.