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freshwest

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11. Looks like a lot of fun is in the offing in NRA land. Which is the whole country, now.

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Sat Jul 27, 2013, 09:31 PM

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Drones are in the sights of some hunters [View all] proud2BlibKansan Jul 2013 OP

I, for one, welcome control of human beings by the robot police of our 1% masters. Zorra Jul 2013 #1

Aren't they usually electric? Deep13 Jul 2013 #6

Thanks! Like so many in this thread, I, too, cannot wait to have my every move watched Zorra Jul 2013 #18

javol! nt Deep13 Jul 2013 #28

In the Terminator movies they did that DJ13 Jul 2013 #2

Zimmerman drones (Tom Tomorrow) Electric Monk Jul 2013 #4

and you shot this endangered eagle because you thought it was a what???? dembotoz Jul 2013 #3

Lock and load. Deep13 Jul 2013 #5

and DHS will just allow you to, with no consequences Electric Monk Jul 2013 #7

Those are great! DJ13 Jul 2013 #8

Why would DHS care? JoeyT Jul 2013 #15

The FAA regulates flying vehicles in navagable airspace... Deep13 Jul 2013 #19

Fishing lines at tree top height won't do shit to a drone flying thousands of feet above you. Electric Monk Jul 2013 #22

Sadly, that is the limit of my technology. Deep13 Jul 2013 #30

They're not being sent off on their own. They're being remotely piloted. stevenleser Jul 2013 #9

Well, shooting it would violate my town's firearm ordinance. Deep13 Jul 2013 #21

Easy. Arctic Dave Jul 2013 #10

I think you may have just invented a brand new industry: anti-drone drones! petronius Jul 2013 #12

That was kind of what I was thinking. Arctic Dave Jul 2013 #14

Looks like a lot of fun is in the offing in NRA land. Which is the whole country, now. freshwest Jul 2013 #11

I read today that the latest Drone/Camera combo has 6" resolution at 17,500 feet. 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #13

We need a way to fuck with their radio reception. nt Deep13 Jul 2013 #23

You need the right tool for the job sarisataka Jul 2013 #25

People using rifles.... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #16

Falling bullets have been known to cause injuries, even deaths. randome Jul 2013 #20

Yeah, I know... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #36

Yeah, that's a bad idea. Deep13 Jul 2013 #24

A lot of farmers will be pissed Recursion Jul 2013 #17

If they stay over their own farms, no problem. nt Deep13 Jul 2013 #26

Drones are used for such things as monitoring discharge and disposal of pollutants by industry. arely staircase Jul 2013 #27

Drones are also used for such things as targeted assassinations, and spying on protesters villager Jul 2013 #29

so are binoculars and piano wire arely staircase Jul 2013 #33

well, I suppose if a lot of government agents with binoculars posed as "bird watchers" villager Jul 2013 #34

that makes no sense arely staircase Jul 2013 #35

my point is, you have no objection whatsoever to government surveillance, and always find villager Jul 2013 #37

shhh, they are monitoring this arely staircase Jul 2013 #38

Exactly. You have seen the stripping away of the 4th Amendment, and love it all villager Jul 2013 #39

It is quite brave of you to post this arely staircase Jul 2013 #40

"What, me worry?" villager Jul 2013 #41

Not going to happen. Not even a sharpshooter will be able to hit one of these with a rifle. Unless AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #31

The news article is about the sort of "drone" that you/I might own, not military craft. Agony Jul 2013 #32