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The tiny Colorado town where leaders want to sell permits to 'hunt' unmanned drones...
Daily Mail [UK] ^ | 23 August 2013

Posted on 08/24/2013 10:20:17 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

In Deer Trail, Colorado, it's could soon be open season on unmanned aerial drones.

Residents in the two of 500 will go to the polls on October 8 to decide whether to sell 'hunting permits' that would make it legal to shoot drones out of the sky.

Legal, that is, from the town's perspective. Federal aviation officials have warned that anyone who actually fires on a drone could face the same charges as anyone shooting at an airplane.

A permit costs $25, with a $100 bounty reward for shooters who bring in debris from an unmanned aircraft 'known to be owned or operated by the United States federal government.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: domesticdrones; dontdronemebro; drones; dronesus; napl
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To: martin_fierro

The Daily Mail is to proofreading what the Weekly World News was to fact-checking.


21 posted on 08/25/2013 4:02:34 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

At least the basic info is printed — !


22 posted on 08/25/2013 4:58:56 AM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

23 posted on 08/25/2013 5:02:31 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

1st individual who can prove they took out a NSA drrone instantly becomes an international hero


24 posted on 08/25/2013 5:24:35 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ( Hey Rubio, eat pooh pal))
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To: Slings and Arrows; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; albertp; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; ...
For the record, I'm generally opposed to the whole idea of 'permits' issued by government...but I'll take a win where I can get it :)



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25 posted on 08/25/2013 5:51:05 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: bamahead

If I ever decide to shoot down a gubmint drone, I certainly wouldn’t be dumb enough to buy a permit to do it.


26 posted on 08/25/2013 6:12:00 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Ray76

I’d buy one just to frame and put it up on the wall.


27 posted on 08/25/2013 6:59:08 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: carriage_hill

Nice one!


28 posted on 08/25/2013 7:01:36 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

“PERMITS!?” “We don’t need no stinkin’ permits!”


29 posted on 08/25/2013 7:14:32 AM PDT by AKinAK
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To: martin_fierro

“Town.” Probably “town of 500”

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30 posted on 08/25/2013 8:08:38 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: silverleaf
having won their way on legalizing marijuana, libertarians are going to find out the govt enforcement of finding it and taxing it will meet or exceed any demands by a drug cartel

Baby steps toward liberty should be celebrated by everybody, because everybody is affected.

If you wish to be a "one-note-johnny" on pot, you're missing the point.

31 posted on 08/25/2013 12:58:32 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: elkfersupper

“The government” (which is flying drones over rural areas to look for “illegal” (untaxed) crops.... didn’t relent on pot rules to give you liberty

It did so to give itself tax revenue

enjoy your baby steps


32 posted on 08/25/2013 2:01:30 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I live in a tiny Colorado town at an elevation of 7,700 feet. Can drones operate at those kinds of altitudes?

Cauz, target practice.


33 posted on 08/25/2013 2:34:34 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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To: SaxxonWoods

*shrug* Think of all the fun we’ll have finding out.


34 posted on 08/25/2013 2:35:19 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: silverleaf

Wrong, at least in Colorado. The govt opposed legalization but the people voted for it as an amendment to the state constitution.

Soemthing wrong with that?


35 posted on 08/25/2013 2:37:01 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Maybe they’ll have to fly really low!!


36 posted on 08/25/2013 2:37:41 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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To: silverleaf
enjoy your baby steps

The plant is more ubiquitous than dandelion. It was pure silliness to try to control it in the first place.

I don't understand why people want to do what they do with it, but I do know that it's none of the government's business.

37 posted on 08/25/2013 5:02:07 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: Slings and Arrows
Ahm waitin' fer permits to hunt manned drones. More sportin' thattaway, is all Ahm a-sayin'.
38 posted on 08/28/2013 2:44:33 AM PDT by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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