Activists’ drone shot out of the sky for fourth time
Activists’ drone shot out of the sky for fourth time
First word of title is: ‘Protesters’
Why do we assume that people can do anything in the name of “protest”? Why can’t we counter-protest by shooting their stupid drone down? If I saw a drone hovering over me, I’d shoot it down too.
LOOKS LIKE A PIGEON TO ME!
I’d say it was an honest mistake. It looks like a pigeon to me...
Right. I think the real purpose of the 'copter is to annoy the hunters and scare off the pigeons.
Oops. Maybe they shouldn’t fly their little RC video contraption into the line of fire during a pigeon shoot on private property. That would make sense to most minimally sentient beings.
You know those state police are just giggling inside...
Those drones aren’t cheap. Some really dumb activist is losing some serious money.
Good shooting with a rifle!
[”It was a single shot. It was after the shoot, and it hit an aircraft that was 400 plus feet in the air,” said Hindi. “That’s not an accident.”]
Considering this drone was moving that’s a pretty good shot. However Hindi has no idea how many shots were fired at the thing before it was hit.
I’m wondering what the FAA rules are for drone operators.
Seems to me that it would be more effective to jam the radio signal and let the thing crash. Probably not as much fun as shooting it down though.
One question though... The photo of the drone with the cops doesn’t look like a crashed drone. My son and I both have quad copters that fly from our IPads. They get mangled really easy just falling from 15 feet.
This is flying in the name of ‘animal rights?
Don’t think there are animals around a shooting range
but keep keep ‘em coming, they can help cut the cost of range targets citizens buy.
Good shooting, I hope he took it home and mounted for a trophy!!!
Looks like a pigeon to me. BANG!
This is just to funny. I emailed the story to all my friends. Hahahahahaha.
I bet somebody comes up with a new ‘drone load’ like Hornady came out with its Zombie loads.
Seems to me that a drone flying over my property is a nuisance. You own the airspace over your property.
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