Drone - Larry Turns It Off

[Russell]

 

[john e. holliday]

I want that shot gun.

[Tony Drago]

A Mossberg Pump would be just as good. With ALOT of dollars left over for hobby supplies.

[Brett Buck]

Larry for AMA President!

    Brett

[peabody]

Of course it's just as illegal as shooting at Zmabelli's Swift

[john e. holliday]

Not if he's on my property.

[Gary Dowler]

Im with John, as impractical as it is, as expensive as it is (and my primary heavy defense weapon is a Mossberg 500), that shotgun is seriously cool! I want one.      Drone hunting could be a new sport!  Could do it with airsoft guns!  It would be great sport!

[peabody]

Hi Doc...…
If a drone, or Cessna or 747 is physically on the ground on your property, go for it (depending upon local firearm discharge laws).
However, if it is flying over your property, FAA airspace laws apply and it becomes a Federal issue....

[john e. holliday]

I don't think a Cessna, Piper Cub or 747 would be hanging around spying on me.   The word got to the city official that used a so called drone to look at properties in my neighborhood and send letters telling what he didn't like.  What's inside my 6 foot wood fence is my business.

[peabody]

Ah.....just defy Federal Law if you don't like it! Very presidential

[WR Crane aka MrClean]

The vast majority of drone pilots, myself very infrequently included, are just flying around.  The weirdos that they think everybody is will be less evident then a kid flying a drone.

[Fredvon4]

I deal with this all the time locally on a few social media Next door neighbor web sites... Concerned about spying citizen wants to know best way to shoot down a drone

The problem many do not understand is there are a LOT of very legitimate drone operators doing a lot of Legal and lawful surveillance from the air and a home owner can NOT distinguish those drones from the Peeping Tom Neighbors drone or the neighborhood kids wall-mart toy

So Yes YOU do have a right to protect your property..BUT only from the Peeping Tom.... BUT shooting down a LEGITIMATE drone is a FELONY

Sheriff looking for lost child
Animal control surveying Hog concentrations
County Land use survey
Real estate aerial photo of adjacent property
State Game warden doing surveys
Local water provider doing surveys
and on and on

These all are licensed contractors ...and for the most part, with some very expensive equipment: WITH GPS and very good cameras.... the Exact position of the craft is recorded, and the good video of you aiming and shooting is recorded.

I can say with some certainty IF you deliberately shoot down a Legitimate drone it is going to be investigated and at the least you will be liable for the loss of property and the owner has a good set of facts to send the Sheriff

Then there may also be the discharge of firearm in a forbidden place ( city/town) to deal with

As to who owns the air space directly above your property...well it is a depends situation...There is settled case law that now claims Legitimate licensed entities may overfly "at any height" personal property...used to be 400 foot.

The two drone operators I know absolutely still use the 400 foot just to keep their operations out of that quagmire but there are situations where a closer look is needed ( looks like child body at base of a tree)

So a drone is hovering 50 foot over your back yard and looking under the tree canopy over your fence to find something, or some one, and you shot it down...Police or sheriff is gonna come knocking and your claim it was peeping is not gonna hold much legal water

Point is there are a lot of these doing legitimate and good work and there will be more in the future... even commercial ventures by Amazon/Walmart/Wholefoods/Dominoes etc  to deliver to you or a neighbor

So while the knee jerk to shoot sounds manly and righteous...just not worth the grief IMO

[Mike Griffin]

To heck with the drone,  I want that shotgun.

Mike

[Mike Griffin]

A Mossberg Pump would be just as good. With ALOT of dollars left over for hobby supplies.

Tony, years ago I used to guide goose hunters on the Mississippi flyway over at Cairo, Illinois and I used a Mossberg Turkey Special.  Wish I still had that shotgun, killed many a duck and goose with that gun.

Mike

[FLOYD CARTER]

The shotgun solution is a case of Too Little, Too Late!

[Steve Helmick]

Was that Larry Fernandez?  Steve