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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@Alex Lee
you have that a bit wrong there, the mythbuster did not prove anything like that, that show was about a bullet shoot straight which they had a hard time even doing. a bullet shoot at even a slight angle that bullet will travel in a ballistic trajectory and land with the same force as when they left the gun. 100's of people die every year this by people fireing into the sky like this infact there was just a case of this here in philly just last week.
I'm sure he'd be delighted someone got a UAV up on a mantle at first... then realize it was a hoax and try to put a bounty on you haha
HAHA... The GoPro is actually a remote operated spy cam. The FBI would use them to "monitor" anyone who might consider buying one of these.
I scratched the picture together in about 45 seconds with Microsoft Paint...Maybe I will Photoshop up a better version, and send the pic off to the mayor of the town. Do you think he would get a chuckle, or see it as mocking?
@HeliStorm
now were talking!! They even put up the guys goPro... haha
TenzinR...actually, I am thinking the funniest thing to do would be to make wall mounted drone "rack" people could hang up to show they, "got me one."
Mind you, this is a mockup...
@Artem:
Dang them snooty Europeeans that dant know squat about guns! We could titch them a thang or two about our Glock, and our Heckler & Koch, and our Browning, and our Sig Sauer, and our Mauser, and our FN and .... wait, what???
@HeliStorm
Just buy a 3D printer and print out cheap designs with shotgun sized holes made already haha
The FAA strikes back:
"WASHINGTON (AP) — People who fire guns at drones are endangering the public and property and could be prosecuted or fined, the Federal Aviation Administration warned Friday.
The FAA released a statement in response to questions about an ordinance under consideration in the tiny farming community of Deer Trail, Colo., that would encourage hunters to shoot down drowns. The administration reminded the public that it regulates the nation's airspace, including the airspace over cities and towns.
A drone "hit by gunfire could crash, causing damage to persons or property on the ground, or it could collide with other objects in the air," the statement said. "Shooting at an unmanned aircraft could result in criminal or civil liability, just as would firing at a manned airplane."
Under the proposed ordinance, Deer Trail would grant hunting permits to shoot drones. The permits would cost $25 each. The town would also encourage drone hunting by awarding $100 to anyone who presents a valid hunting license and identifiable pieces of a drone that has been shot down.
Deer Trail resident Phillip Steel, 48, author of the proposal, said in an interview that he has 28 signatures on a petition — roughly 10 percent of the town's registered voters. Under Colorado law, that requires local officials to formally consider the proposal at a meeting next month. Town officials would then have the option of adopting the ordinance or putting it on the ballot in an election this fall, he said.
The proposed ordinance is mostly a symbolic protest against small, civilian drones that are coming into use in the United States, Steel said. He acknowledged that it's unlikely there are any drones in use near Deer Trail.
"I don't want to live in a surveillance society. I don't feel like being in a virtual prison," Steel said. "This is a pre-emptive strike."
He dismissed the FAA's warning. "The FAA doesn't have the power to make a law," he said."
That sherrif really should do up his zipper!
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