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Gun-Firing Drone Raises Some Eyebrows

Posted by timothy on from the ruffles-some-feathers-too dept.

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.

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  1. Priorities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This has two components, the handgun and the drone. I suspect the push will be for greater legislation of drones rather than handguns.

  2. I applaud this by Balial · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm glad someone is exercising their 2nd amendment rights this way. This is exactly what the founding fathers had in mind.

  3. Re: Just like defense distributed by rogoshen1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

  4. Re: Yep by sir1real · · Score: 5, Informative

    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?...