Fox News Analyst: First American To Shoot Down A Domestic Spy Drone 'Will Become A Folk Hero'

Business Insider ^ | 5/15/2012 | Michael Brendan Dougherty

[JohnKinAK]

Video at website

[mkmensinger]

I was thinking the same thing. Bonus points for hitting one at 30,000 feet.

[Steely Tom]

First person to shoot down a spy drone from a R/C helicopter will become a folk hero who is not in jail.

[Theoria]

Shoot down of civilian 'animal rights drone' by Hunt Club.

[GBA]

I wonder if Estes makes a kit...

[JRandomFreeper]

And be arrested and thrown under the jail when the last image from the drone is John Doe pointing a shotgun at the drone.

But he'll be a hero.

/johnny

[Theoria]

I would say more type civilian uses will be out there. It will be interesting to see the outcomes.

[MrB]

Some guy called into Levin last night,
claimed to have been working on the drone project for overseas use.

He said they have the ability to see through walls.
I’m not sure that I believe it all, but it is a huge 4th amendment issue if they start flying these over people’s farms looking for “violations”.

[Pox]

And here I was thinking I was the only one pondering methods to create a homemade MANPAD that could drop one of these drones.

Americans are very creative and it probably won’t take too long for a “civilian” to come up with a cheap, inexpensive Drone Buster. If that were to happen, I would suspect that this “Folk Hero” would probably be shortly working for one of the larger corporations that develop weapons for our military. :)

[Bob Buchholz]

I assume that they are radio controlled.

I also assume that if it impossible to come up with a video key that cannot be broken it is also impossible to come up with a radio code that cannot be broken.

Therefore I also assume that someone will be able to take control of the drone and do whatever with it.

[Tallguy]

I think at those altitudes you’d either have to ‘laze’ it (mission kill on the sensors) or hit it with some kind of guided rocket.

Bonus points for hacking the data stream & taking control of it!

[longfellow]

i’ll bring it to the taxidermist.

[MrB]

I guess you’ll have to ask the Iranians.
After all, ‘bammers gave them access to one of the drones so that they could hack it.

[ProfoundMan]

cheap, inexpensive Drone Buster

Mosin-Nagant 91/30

[Joe 6-pack]

"I would predict the first guy who uses a second amendment weapon to bring a drone down who is hovering over his house will become a folk hero."

I suspect the first guy to bring down a drone will do so from behind a keyboard.

[Repeal The 17th]

I always wanted to be a folk hero.

[Erik Latranyi]

He said they have the ability to see through walls. I’m not sure that I believe it all, but it is a huge 4th amendment issue if they start flying these over people’s farms looking for “violations”.

Just tell liberals that they will be used to catch acts of sodomy for prosecution and they will kill the whole program!

[expat2]

Should spur sales of 50mm weapons....

[Las Vegas Ron]

I wonder if Estes makes a kit...

Whoa, that shook some cobb webs out of days past memories.

Now I'm wondering whaqt happened to my Heath Kit?

[KoRn]

If I had a .50 cal, and knew I’d get away with it, I wouldn’t hesitate.

[Jacquerie]

Good point. Every military advance prompts a countermeasure!

[Charles Martel]

First person to shoot down a spy drone from a R/C helicopter will become a folk hero who is not in jail.

Food for thought...

[MrB]

Mmmmm.... Heath kitkat....

[matt04]

I’m assuming they have FLIR cameras on them. That means they can probably pick up the heat from inside houses but not actual people.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I figure a good goose load should do it!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Guideable solid fuel rocket???

Something as small as a drone, 30,000 feet up, would be terribly hard to see wouldn’t it? As well as not being able to get very good pictures of the ground?

If closer, how about flying a kite into it?

[SandRat]

Retired experienced London Blitz RAF Spitfire pilots have new job opportunity. Instead of Nazi Buzz Bombs it will now be Obama/Napaliotano Drones.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

First person to shoot down a spy drone from a R/C helicopter will become a folk hero who is not in jail.

Or incinerated by a Hellfire missile.

[PGR88]

Gun Shop Owner: “And this is for shooting down domestic spy drones.”

Homer: “Oh, I don’t need anything like that..… YET.”

[Robe]

I have images in my mind of some poor SOB in his Cessna 150 practicing “turns around a point” that gets mistaken for a drone........could be like flying over Hanoi in the old days..LOL

[RandallFlagg]

*sigh*

Looks like I need to hone my small, moving target skills again.

[11Bush]

Yeah, it’s hard enough already to get those 2” artillery shells.

[SandRat]

Latest version of Red-Neck Dove season???

[dfwgator]

“If I had a rocket launcher...”

[varon]

i’ll bring it to the taxidermist.

Thank's for the laugh in an otherwise boring day ...............

[Political Junkie Too]

Drones are military equipment. Isn't it a violation of Posse Comitatus to use drones over the United States against its citizens?

-PJ

[elcid1970]

Seems like all you really need is an R/C airplane with a nose camera to midair the govdrone, no weapons necessary.

Harder to catch the citizen that way, compared to John Doe & his shotgun.

Kamikaze counterdrones. Would it work?

[RandallFlagg]

i’ll bring it to the taxidermist.


"Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung 'im!!"

[doorgunner69]

Recall those tanks at Waco?

[Steely Tom]

Would it work?

Not gonna comment on that. Wouldn't be prudent.

[Pox]

Perhaps I should have added reliable. :)

Now, if I wanted to shoot down a flying barn...

[tsowellfan]

Cant wait to hear what RC Collins has to say about this tonight on the Phil Hendrie Radio Show

[RandallFlagg]

Food for thought...

I don't know if that's real. I just put 200 rounds out of my Kahr CW45 this morning at the range. You'd think that that itty-bitty copter would show a bit more recoil effect. At LEAST a bit of rifling twist when fired.
Ever fly one of those in a slight wind?

[353FMG]

>It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys but not in America.<

.
Hell, there are enough bad Somalis, Yemenis and muslim terrorists living in the US under the guise of being American citizens to warrant the use of a drone.

Looking at the multicultural landscape, one has to ask oneself: “Where does America start and where does it end?”

It is certain that the Founders would not recognize the country if they visited it today.

[papertyger]

Can you imagine losing a ten thousand dollar drone to a thirty dollar “air hog” with a few fish hooks on stainless leaders!

[Joe Boucher]

I’d love to be the first person in the U.S. To shoot one out of the
Sky but I lost ALL my guns in a boating accident I’n lake Okeechobee

[Rapscallion]

The government using drones is conducting war on Americans. Resist. Resist. Resist.

[Political Junkie Too]

You mean the ones that General Wesley Clark swears were not the cause of the fire?

-PJ

[Pox]

I forgot to make sure that you know I was only joking, that is a reliable and cheap rifle, and accurate depending upon a few factors.

Unfortunately, unless a drone is flying awfully low, it's not going to be susceptible to a rifle.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I assume that they are radio controlled.

If you find what frequency they are using and throw up a jamming signal, it should lose contact with the pilot and return to base.

Or fly to Iran. You can never be sure.