I would do the same thing. How 'bout you.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ke...n-drone-hovering-over-his-backyard/ar-AAdGg2x
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What if his wife had been sun bathing nude in the privacy of his back yard? I feel like he is completely in the right in this situation. I will be very disappointed in our judicial system if he is convicted, even of the minor charges that he has currently. Then again I rarely feel that justice is served correctly in this country.
I hope he gets off and doesn't have to pay a cent of restitution. Those drone operators are stupid idiots that deserve to be out $1,800. They are criminal trespassers in my book and peeping Toms.I would do the same thing. How 'bout you.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ke...n-drone-hovering-over-his-backyard/ar-AAdGg2x
First it should be against the law to fly a drone over other people's personally property without permission.
I don't really agree with shooting it out of the sky because I don't really want people to feel they have the right to counter crime with more crime because people will be dumb and try to shoot it with guns less safe than bird shot, but in this case the charges should be dropped.
This is obviously a rapidly changing area that lawmakers need to react and create new laws.
bingo. flying a non registered drone over a personal property should be a crime just as putting bullets into the air when no immediate threat is being presented should be a crime. unfortunately laws don't always keep up with technology and poorly written laws could hamper future industries... i.e. amazon.First it should be against the law to fly a drone over other people's personally property without permission.
I don't really agree with shooting it out of the sky because I don't really want people to feel they have the right to counter crime with more crime because people will be dumb and try to shoot it with guns less safe than bird shot, but in this case the charges should be dropped.
This is obviously a rapidly changing area that lawmakers need to react and create new laws.
What? I have a drone that I use for marketing and commercial videos. And also for doing cool things like getting videos of offshore fishing and riding the side by side and things of that that nature. I have no interest in spying on someone with it. Not everyone has thoughs intentions. But yes if a guy was hovering a drone over a guy's property for long enough for him to shoot it down then it he was definitely up to something. I think you have to be parinoid at this point in time to worry about something like that now. I know their popular but there not overly abundant yet.I hope he gets off and doesn't have to pay a cent of restitution. Those drone operators are stupid idiots that deserve to be out $1,800. They are criminal trespassers in my book and peeping Toms.
I get that dude was trying to check something out. But in live in a crowded neighborhood in town so I'd get in trouble for just shooting a weapon. There only gonna get more and more abundant so their gonna have to do something in the future. But this kind of thing right now isn't gonna happen everyday......
"It was just right there," he told Ars. "It was hovering, I would never have shot it if it was flying. When he came down with a video camera right over my back deck, that's not going to work. I know they're neat little vehicles, but one of those uses shouldn’t be flying into people's yards and videotaping."
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Yep, I woulda done the same.
I think we are in agreement, right? No problem with you flying your drone over public property, or private property with permission. If someone shoots it down, then they should have to pay. But if you fly your drone into a man's back yard and could be potentially video taping him in the privacy of his home without permission, you should expect to have your drone obliterated aND probably should be arrested for some invasion of privacy law.What? I have a drone that I use for marketing and commercial videos. And also for doing cool things like getting videos of offshore fishing and riding the side by side and things of that that nature. I have no interest in spying on someone with it. Not everyone has thoughs intentions. But yes if a guy was hovering a drone over a guy's property for long enough for him to shoot it down then it he was definitely up to something. I think you have to be parinoid at this point in time to worry about something like that now. I know their popular but there not overly abundant yet.
I think we are in agreement, right? No problem with you flying your drone over public property, or private property with permission. If someone shoots it down, then they should have to pay. But if you fly your drone into a man's back yard and could be potentially video taping him in the privacy of his home without permission, you should expect to have your drone obliterated aND probably should be arrested for some invasion of privacy law.
I agree..my question is how would you know where the drone was shot down? It seems this guy was quite the cowboy in this article. White trash idiots love to announce their right of being able to shoot someone who steps on their property.. it's their favorite of all freedoms.
I guess if it lands in his yard, it had to be flying over his yard. That said, it's a little strong to be calling this guy a white trash idiot because he owned a shotgun and shot down a drone filming over his property. Maybe he is, but I didn't get the sense that he was just some "cowboy" looking to fire off his shotgun in his neighborhood at the first sight of something on his property based on what I read in that article.I agree..my question is how would you know where the drone was shot down? It seems this guy was quite the cowboy in this article. White trash idiots love to announce their right of being able to shoot someone who steps on their property.. it's their favorite of all freedoms.
I guess if it lands in his yard, it had to be flying over his yard. That said, it's a little strong to be calling this guy a white trash idiot because he owned a shotgun and shot down a drone filming over his property. Maybe he is, but I didn't get the sense that he was just some "cowboy" looking to fire off his shotgun in his neighborhood at the first sight of something on his property based on what I read in that article.
Good to know they focused on a harmless drone instead of fighting a fire.I fail to see how the drone was interfering with anything in that video. Maybe they didn't like being watched but it was not getting in the way of their job whatsoever as the title suggests. I'm cool with shooting them down btw and if the owner of the house agreed to it.... Fire away. But if these guys just shot it down because they didn't like being watched that is kind of bad. It's the property owners decision, not theirs. Who knows. Maybe they did tell them to take it out.....
What does that even mean?How far away is the range?
I didn't really either until he threatened to shoot the guys who were flying it
What does that even mean?
What do you think it means? How far are the pilots away from the drone. If they can have to see it to fly it.. then the shooter guy should probably be able to see who is flying it. I as a reasonable person would look to see if I could find the pilots and ask them not to fly the thing in my back yard. Then if they continued I would probably tell them to get it the fvck away from my house or I will rid myself of it.
It states it was 4 angry dudes coming onto his property after he shot down the drone. Does he not have the right to protect himself, family and property?
No it isn't. It's a fair warning.If they just drove up looking pissed off & he says step on my property & Ill shoot you that's another.
Yukon XL ... hybrid.Oh snap! So do you prefer a mini cooper or prius?
We signed our freedom away a few years ago.
Oh yeh absolutely if you let go of the sticks mine just hovers. I'm sure that one was similar probably the same one. Mine has a gimble that you mount a gopro to. You can have a live fpv setup and see the live feed from the camera. I haven't poney'd up for that yet so I just watch mine. But theoretically you can take them as far away as a mile and a half from where you are but you need the fpv setup to do that safely.I think we are in agreement, right? No problem with you flying your drone over public property, or private property with permission. If someone shoots it down, then they should have to pay. But if you fly your drone into a man's back yard and could be potentially video taping him in the privacy of his home without permission, you should expect to have your drone obliterated aND probably should be arrested for some invasion of privacy law.
There is something we don't know in this story. It just doesn't make sense. Why would some random dude that lives far enough away that he has to drive to this guy's house hover his drone over his deck? This whole thing is bizarre. Something more is going to come out here.
This was my thought. A person looking to rob house could use the drone to find out when the house is empty. Or in the Summer when family is on vacation. I do think drones have a great use. Like for instructional video. Or in searching for a lost person. Or doing research on animals. But being nosy and hovering over someone's backyard? Nah. That is not going to work for me either.They could have been casing the neighborhood for the best places to rob for all we know.
Would it surprise you if we find out that his wife sunbathes in the nude regularly on their back deck?There is something we don't know in this story. It just doesn't make sense. Why would some random dude that lives far enough away that he has to drive to this guy's house hover his drone over his deck? This whole thing is bizarre. Something more is going to come out here.