Deer Trail Mayor Franks Fields displays proper drone-hunting technique. (Amanda Kost, 7NEWS)
Not sure if this says more about public perceptions of drones or about Colorado, but FWIW:
Deer Trail's town board will vote Aug. 6 on an ordinance that would create drone-hunting licenses and offer $100 bounties for unmanned aerial vehicles.
"We do not want drones in town," said Phillip Steel, the resident who drafted the ordinance. "They fly in town, they get shot down."
Even though it's against the law to destroy federal property, Steel's proposed ordinance outlines weapons, ammunition, rules of engagement, techniques and bounties for drone hunting.
Drone-hunting licenses would be issued without a background investigation and on an anonymous basis. Applicants would have to be at least 21 years old and be able to "read and understand English."
(Thanks, Eric)
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@Artem. lol
The Mythbusters also proved that shooting bullets into the air are not lethal as well. On the way down the bullets hit terminal velocity and since they are so light they merely thump you on the head like someone flicking you. The only danger would be, those individuals scurrying around with loaded guns in a public area. (most hunting is done on private lands, population nearly zero).
Artem...have you been hit with pellets from a shotgun? They may not be lethal past a certain range, but they can hurt. Working as a medic in a rural area, I saw more than my fair share of people with lodged shot. And, as Sgt Rick said, shotguns also fire slugs. I saw a deer hunter killed by an accidental discharge of a shotgun. I am not anti-gun...I own several myself. I am anti-ignorance and pro-safety.
It is not safe to walk in the woods with all the bears (blackbear and grizzly) and wolves in this part of the north.
Just a reminder that shotguns don't only use pellets.
One more thing, for all those foreigners who have seen guns only in the pictures of the history books - let me enlighten you. Shotguns don't shoot bullets. Shotguns fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot. Your forefathers used them to hunt birds for at lest a century safely firing them in the air. Perfectly safe when pellets come down. I do agree that there is a bias and a lot of ignorance on the part of the rednecks about UAV's. However, there seems to be just as much ignorance in the technowinnie community as well.
Here is the original story Apparently, not much thought went into the whole thing. As for foreigners and their negative image, I'd take company of good old county boys with their shotguns any day over snooty foreigners (especially Europeans) who drove their respective countries into the crap shoot and now give out advice to others on how to do it in the most efficient way.
I still say you should gather a posse and go circle the wagons and whatever else you new world folks do the weekend before and have the first and last drone festival there.
If I was not thousands of miles away in Africa I would go. You could spin positive stories out of the nonsense. I posted two search and rescue stories on sUAS News the day this broke. What would Mr Mayors opinion be if his son or daughter were lost and that was the only asset nearby.
I must say the photo of the mayor firing upwards has made me laugh. Would there not be a rule preventing anyone from just firing into the sky from a public street?? Unbelievable.
I wonder if the town has a stance on Google Glass.
Every time a state or someone in that state kicks up it must move them off the list of proposed UAS test sites at the FAA. Millions of lost dollars and tech research companies not arriving in state.
Craig...the bright shiny thing which comes back most days is obviously a drone!
All the anti-drone banter in the US is clearly a media stir. If the media scares people about drones, more people will watch the news. Welcome to America.
Actualy it's a figgin crazy libertarian manefesto. That wasn't there yesterday?
BTW that town's web site hasn,t been updated since 2011
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