Another drone shot down

[horsepowerphoto]

I'm not sure of the separation of manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft in laws abroad. I would not think that shooting at a drone would be as serious of an offense as shooting at a plane. One is property, and one affects lives. Only thing I think could be applied in most cases is negligent or unsafe discharge of a firearm.

 

[Cafguy]

I'm not sure of the separation of manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft in laws abroad. I would not think that shooting at a drone would be as serious of an offense as shooting at a plane. One is property, and one affects lives. Only thing I think could be applied in most cases is negligent or unsafe discharge of a firearm.

Its actually the same thing, Shooting at or interfering with a Drone inflight can land you in the same amount of trouble as doing it to a Cessna or Boeing. shooting a Drone out of the Sky could KILL someone if that Drone hits a person or Crashes thru the windshield of a moving car.

 

[Cafguy]

No one could say "Merry Christmas" until some time after January 21, 2025

Santa is Banned from schools here.

 

[BOREAS]

Luckily, we only see that kind of behaviour in the UK when the Hooray Henry's and sundry other members of the Green Welly Brigade gather together to snort and whinny at each other while they're blasting the crap out of domestically reared pheasants and grouse with 12 bores.

Hail the hunter eh?

Well if that is what you think game shooting is all about you certainly won't be invited to shoot on my land.

 

[Felix le Chat]

Well if that is what you think game shooting is all about you certainly won't be invited to shoot on my land.

I don't think anything other than "...if you shoot it: you skin it, you gut it, then you eat it... all of it... because you're hungry..."

So-called 'sport' shooting makes my blood boil.

The comment refers to the upper class 'entitleds' and their social climber hangers-on who parade around with their Purdeys at pheasant massacres.

 

[Max Headroom]

if you shoot it: you skin it, you gut it, then you eat it... all of it... because you're hungry...

Exactly Felix, back in the day you shot wildlife to feed your family not for fun.

I couldn't post what I think of people who do this, I would be banned from the forum for life -

 

[Chip]

I don't think anything other than "...if you shoot it: you skin it, you gut it, then you eat it... all of it... because you're hungry..."

So-called 'sport' shooting makes my blood boil.

The comment refers to the upper class 'entitleds' and their social climber hangers-on who parade around with their Purdeys at pheasant massacres.

You are expressing a very strong view about a legal activity. People can feel very passionately and can get carried away which is why there are hunter harassment laws in USA.

 

[Felix le Chat]

You are expressing a very strong view about a legal activity. People can feel very passionately and can get carried away which is why there are hunter harassment laws in USA.

Expressing a strong view about anything is a democratic right. Unless there's been a paradigm shift that flashed past me: I'm pretty certain I still live in a democracy... whichever side of the Atlantic either of us sits.

 

[Chip]

Expressing a strong view about anything is a democratic right. Unless there's been a paradigm shift that flashed past me: I'm pretty certain I still live in a democracy... whichever side of the Atlantic either of us sits.

This is a privately owned internet forum with rules. This is not a true public square with open mike.

 

[Chip]

Exactly Felix, back in the day you shot wildlife to feed your family not for fun.

I couldn't post what I think of people who do this, I would be banned from the forum for life -

What do think of people who kill a lion or a bear? Go ahead tell us. Would you want to kill them or something? What are you really saying, that because you know that any form of hunting is immoral you have the right to intentionally disturb a hunter with a drone?

 

[Max Headroom]

This is a privately owned internet forum with rules. This is not a true public square with open mike.

Has he broken any of the aforementioned rules if not your post is irrelevant.

 

[Max Headroom]

What are you really saying, that because you know that any form of hunting is immoral you have the right to intentionally disturb a hunter with a drone

Wow talk about moving the goalposts, were did I mention flying drones to intentionally disturb a hunter?

 

[Felix le Chat]

What do think of people who kill a lion or a bear? Go ahead tell us. Would you want to kill them or something? What are you really saying, that because you know that any form of hunting is immoral you have the right to intentionally disturb a hunter with a drone?

I have no opinion concerning anything I haven't had direct experience of and you're goading the wrong individual. I hunt myself, and have done for decades. But when I do: I respect what I've shot by only shooting it to provide a meal.

 

[Cafguy]

There are many Hunters in the World Those that Do it to feed there Families, Those that Do it occasionally and eat what they get, or go on the occasional Hunting meet where game is taken and given to needy charities. Then there are some that really have no choice but to shoot animals such as Wolfs or Wild bores those can hurt you and your property and simply trying to remove them is fruitless.
Then, as with any Pastime, The hunting community has its own small population of rule benders and carefree idiot's.
The "Shoot on a whim" people who, thankfully, end up injuring or killing themselves in their Heroic adventures before doing the same to an innocent person.
I put a small majority of hunters in this group. Those that hunt In fenced off areas! Doing this proves your more unstable than a hunter, then there are the Rambo hunters that start blasting at anything and everything that moves, and shooting animals they will not harvest.
Most of the gun owners I Know also Hunt, They are all responsible gun owners who get their permits and tags and "get their Quota of meat" They have great Bar-B-Ques!
If you Hunt Good for you and Happy hunting!
If you just go out and Kill, There is a system of Mental professionals that can help you! First slowly put down that rifle! You should not be armed! I have been a gun owner since childhood, I have never killed an animal I havnt had too or one that I didn't harvest. Because all the decent near-by places to hunt have been turned into Walmart Parking Lots,I no longer Hunt.

 

[mavic3usa]

There are many Hunters in the World Those that Do it to feed there Families, Those that Do it occasionally and eat what they get, or go on the occasional Hunting meet where game is taken and given to needy charities. Then there are some that really have no choice but to shoot animals such as Wolfs or Wild bores those can hurt you and your property and simply trying to remove them is fruitless.
Then, as with any Pastime, The hunting community has its own small population of rule benders and carefree idiot's.
The "Shoot on a whim" people who, thankfully, end up injuring or killing themselves in their Heroic adventures before doing the same to an innocent person.
I put a small majority of hunters in this group. Those that hunt In fenced off areas! Doing this proves your more unstable than a hunter, then there are the Rambo hunters that start blasting at anything and everything that moves, and shooting animals they will not harvest.
Most of the gun owners I Know also Hunt, They are all responsible gun owners who get their permits and tags and "get their Quota of meat" They have great Bar-B-Ques!
If you Hunt Good for you and Happy hunting!
If you just go out and Kill, There is a system of Mental professionals that can help you! First slowly put down that rifle! You should not be armed! I have been a gun owner since childhood, I have never killed an animal I havnt had too or one that I didn't harvest. Because all the decent near-by places to hunt have been turned into Walmart Parking Lots,I no longer Hunt.

Let's not forget the "hunters" who slaughter wild pigs and prairie dogs by the hundreds because they are pests and they destroy *everything*

I give them a pass whether they are using machine-guns, riding in helicopters, or even using drones....year round; everywhere.

 

[steamedliver]

Hold on. Did this thread start by comparing drones operated by private individuals and drones operated by law enforcement?

Hilarious.

 

[mavic3usa]

Hold on. Did this thread start by comparing drones operated by private individuals and drones operated by law enforcement?

Hilarious.

I dunno. Does our well-thought out laws point out that shooters must positively identify drones before they open fire? If they aren't sure, are they still allowed to fire at the drone? Do those same laws prohibit the police from operating unmarked drones or do their drones need to be clearly marked and visible from a certain distance? Maybe the laws just don't care about the drone even though it cares about who is operating it on the other end, so the person holding the remote controller is key to the law? Or, does it matter more who paid for the drone, a private person vs an agency using tax dollars?

I know sometimes the laws make exceptions for operational limits and conduct is sometimes restricted (not expanded) but I don't see a lot of that in the federal regulations others than what is provided by waivers. My thoughts are anyone who believes it is ok to shoot at a drone because of what that drone is doing and not because of what it looks like, would they say the same if that drone was fly in the same/similar manner except their was a law enforcement officer on the other end of the controller; would it still be acceptable? My take is it's in unacceptable in both/all cases.

 

[steamedliver]

Bless you heart.

 

[bestbroseph]

i wish people would just have fun with the drones and not harass people and add more and more to the pile of laws you must navigate to own and operate a drone.