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]

Charles Krauthammer, the conservative columnist spoke about the use of drones for domestic spying last night.

He blasted the idea:

"A drone is a high-tech version of an old army. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys but not in America. Yes you can say we have satellites, we have Google Street, we have everything else, but that is no reason to accept a society where you are always watched by the government.

"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."

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[Elsie]

Have fun!

Spy on your neighbors!

http://www.brookstone.com/parrot-ar-drone-2-quadricopter?bkeid=compare%7cmercent%7cgooglebaseads%7csearch&mr:trackingCode=D42C0D3E-BE67-E111-B2BE-001B21A69EB0&mr:referralID=NA&mr:adType=pla&gclid=CPLNhs3ahLACFYcBQAodcwvGmQ

[Elsie]

Zimmerman wishes he had an IR one...

[Elsie]

He said they have the ability to see through walls.

So do I. It's called a WINDOW!

[Elsie]

Overkill.

Deer netting is almost invisible...

http://www.deerbusters.com/?gclid=CN6L-PzbhLACFSWFQAodvCAmjA

[Elsie]

Mist net would snare some lil buggers flitting about yer place.

[MrB]

I just installed radiant barrier roofing material...
I wonder how that does vs infrared imaging?

[Elsie]

Kites only go downwind...

[Elsie]

[WildHighlander57]

Maybe shield it a little.*

Freeper project:

Get an IR camera, set it in front of a board with heat shield installed on it, let someone walk behind the board and check to see if the camera can see the heat signature.

*But I’ve heard that radiant barrier material lessens the life of your shingles, due to the heat reflection/ redirection.

[papertyger]

Whats the reception range of an Airhog??? I know they sell some upsized knockoffs at some kiosks in the malls around the country that could do the same thing...I think their range is only about a couple hundred feet though...

Unfortunately, my little girl is not yet old enough to provide me with sufficient excuse for playing with such cool toys, so I don't know. ;o)

Come on fourth birthday!

[MrB]

I’ve heard the “reduced shingle life” issue, but I don’t think that’s really a problem - they get pretty hot up there anyway. The problem is when that heat seeps down through your attic, your ceiling, and your house. Preventing that increases comfort and lowers cooling costs.

And, if you want to cool your shingles - water them.

[Utah Binger]

first guy who uses a second amendment weapon

Come to the FReeper picnic in July. Glock Rocks and Pete-R-Bilt will help you decide the best choices. Colorcountry might even bring her special weaponry that can shoot the eye out of a turkey at 100 yards.

[Eye of Unk]

A person could in its simplest form just have a sprinkler system on the roof to chill it or better yet for the serious shielding get one of those tractor trailer reefer units, lay a grid of PEX tubing on your roof, lay another layer of OSB, tarpaper roofing paper or whatever your roof is.

Basically you are building a chilled roof that would be near freezing.

Its not as hard as you think, I build hydronic heated floors in my house, most of the stuff comes from Lowes. With a little creativity and a heat exchanger I can create a thermal shield. Same can be done with the walls.

the goal is actually not to do this on your whole house but a more discreet building like a shop, up in Alaska the pot growers use this reverse hydronic idea to shield the roof from overhead flights of aircraft with thermal scanners.

[MrB]

I intend to install a drip irrigation system along the roof ridge. The BTUs required to heat water from 55/60 deg to evaporation are incredible if you do the math.
And those are BTUs that your $AC doesn’t have to handle.

[Kenton]

These should work well...

[Political Junkie Too]

Fine. Then turn the administration of domestic drones over to a civilian authority to operate.

-PJ

[Elsie]

See thru walls with infrared... not easy to hide from that.

Well... according to MythBusters...

[Elsie]

I doubt some deputy sheriffs have the training.

Some?

It only takes one.

http://www.gefs-online.com/

[Elsie]

...I’ve heard that radiant barrier material lessens the life of your shingles...

I've heard the same about napalm.

[Elsie]

What?

Mine was still crawling when she got her first RC car!