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...
@HeliStorm
Just buy a 3D printer and print out cheap designs with shotgun sized holes made already haha
That sherrif really should do up his zipper!
@Artem, I think you would be very surprised about Europeans and weapons exposure. For example here in Norway we have mandatory 1+ years military service for all males. Meaning that >90% of the male population have extensive experience with either Hecker & Kosch AG-3 (7.62mm) or the newer HK416 (5.56mm). But that doesn't mean we feel the need to own or carry weapons privately.
Alex...bullets fired straight up. That is the key.
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