A REAL Hunting License to shoot down drones.

[Guest TankerHC]

They have been warned by the FAA.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/faa-warns-public-against-shooting-guns-drones-183617273.html

[Dustbuster]

Hopefully they'll wear hoodies to wait that's profiling er I mean um cover their identity

[WME]

Just skeet with motors!  :usa:

[Wiljo05]

If a drone crashes in the forest, and there is only one guy with a gun, did it make a noise?

[jtmaze]

That is great. I don't think it will get very far, but still great. Do you need a Federal migratory stamp for that. Edited July 20, 2013 by jtmaze

[Guest Wildogre]

Dazzling an aircraft with a laser or light is against the law. I wonder if the same holds true for a drone? Assuming that you could see it in the first place?

[xjsnake]

Maybe there's a use for Dragon's Breath rounds yet...

[Guest TankerHC]

I wonder, if the government fails to override the towns license, will the government allow the drone operators to fire back? Could be a minor problem with this license. Kinda like bear hunting with a pellet gun.

Edited July 20, 2013 by TankerHC

[nightrunner]

I wonder, if the government fails to override the towns license, will the government allow the drone operators to fire back? Could be a minor problem with this license. Kinda like bear hunting with a pellet gun.

The difference is a person firing on a machine and a machine firing on a man. I fear the day a drone opens fire on a US citizen.

[peejman]

Right.  Since people are such crack shots that they can occasionally hit a stationary target, lets encourage them to shoot into the air at small, moving targets.  That's not a recipe for disaster or anything.  It's not like those bullets ever come back down... :shake:

 

I get the idea that people don't want drone surveillance, but this is incredibly irresponsible and just plain stupid. 

[Jonnin]

The same sorts of people that would shoot these things down are the ones that gripe about govt spending and waste.  Yet they are advocating destruction of govt property --- from a couple grand for a small, short range airplane with a camera to an expensive (easily 1/2 a million) one with weapons systems.    Also consider the kids and hobby folks that might just be flying their remote controlled toy that you just shot down, derp.

 

I am not a fan of govt spying but this is the wrong way to handle it. 

 

I am perfectly OK with a drone shooting someone if a human is pulling the trigger remotely and has justification & authorization.  That would only be justified if the person were, say, on a rooftop shooting at people, do a drone sweep across the city, locate and terminate the problem.