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In Ireland, All RC and Drones Over 1kg To Be Registered (suasnews.com)

Posted by timothy on from the decree-went-out-from-caesar-augustus dept.

New submitter charliehotel writes: The Irish Aviation Authority announced that it will have its drone registry up and running by December 21st this year. This registry will be the first of its kind in Europe, and the Irish Aviation Authority will require all RPA / drones that weigh over 1kg to be registered; this includes model aircraft. I hope that the U.S.'s gathering storm of regulation doesn't start quite that small.

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  1. Re:The US will start smaller by kbg · · Score: -1, Troll

    No all legal assault rifles owned by civilians are registered in the US and require a in depth background check by the FBI and a tax stamp, gun dealer licence, and large transfer fees.

    I was talking about guns in general it really doesn't matter if you have a automatic or semi-auto, a gun is a gun and is dangerous. Besides you can always add slide fire to turn it into automatic.

    What if you buy one at a gun show? Are you required to report the ownership change?

    semi-automatic and manual require a background check and often a waiting period, unless you have a concealed carry permit in that state or dealer licence (in which cases you have already passed the background checks).

    I wasn't talking about background checks or waiting period, I was talking about registration of a gun to a name and accountability for the registration just like in the case of a drone.

    Additionally we have a constitutional provision protecting right to own firearms. But we have no such constitutional protection for ownership of RC toys.

    Just because you have a stupid constution doesn't really make it any more sane.