Florida Man Arrested After Shooting Down Walmart Delivery Drone

Gateway Pundit ^ | July 1, 2024 | Anthony Scott

[TexasGator]

“Keep your drone within sight”

Commercial drone pilots can apply for a Part 107 waiver if they need to fly beyond visual line of sight.

[Jamestown1630]

I wonder what he engages in to cause him to think it was ‘watching’ him...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“What’s his FR screen name?”

LOL! :)

[Red Badger]

Whatever he was using, I’m impressed as heck!...............

[know.your.why]

Why...do I get the feeling that if the guy’s name was Keshawn Jackson (or similar), that this would not be news?

[TexasGator]

“Sounds to me that a few of those were violated….”

Name one that the violated ...

[TexasGator]

“How high is the airspace above your house yours? Maybe it was trespassing.”

Generally, airspace above your house is public property.

[steve86]

“they claim it hit the payload, but I am sure that nothing walmart would deliver by drone is over $100”

It wasn’t carrying actual merchandise.

[V_TWIN]

Personally I’d have used a 12 gage and #9 shot....but kudos for marksmanship. 👍

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Where did you get such an idea?”

From simple logic in the article. The article says you cannot discharge on public or private property. That leaves commercial and industrial property.

[HYPOCRACY]

Thanks.

[NorthMountain]

Don't be so sure of that. It's rather more complicated than you realize.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Only if they are driving on his property. :)

A couple of years back some county official decided to fly a drone over one of our neighbor's property. Who sent up his own much bigger drone to try to knock it out of the sky.

Dog-fighting drones!

I really regret not being home to see it.

[steve86]

“Oh was the drone registered with the FAA and was the sticker visible?”

You’re seriously suggesting that a super high visibility commercial drone operated by one of the biggest corporations in the country is not registered with the FAA?

[lee martell]

Dennis for the Winn!
“I didn’t see no signs saying nothing about not taking a Drone down if it invades my personal space. Do you see any signs right now? No. You don’t!”

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He is wrong.

You own the airspace above your property up to a certain point.

Just as you own the space below your property to a certain point.

That point may vary by state but the fact that you do own a certain amount of both is fixed.

[9422WMR]

A wad of fishing line shot into the path of the drone would disable it nicely.

[Lockbox]

Did you see the FAA registration sticker in the photo? Make you wonder what accommodations or liberties have been taken.

[IYAS9YAS]

Next he'll be shooting at the Google mapping vehicles

Doesn't everyone?

[bobbo666]

Get one of those very powerful lasers, the ones that can actually burn crappola. Blind the bloody things. They have cameras, digital cameras can be blinded.