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Drone shot down at Inhofe fundraiser
KFOR.com ^ | 01:04pm, September 13, 2015 | Nadia Judith Enchassi

Posted on 09/13/2015 2:09:31 PM PDT by skeptoid

OKLAHOMA CITY — An infamous fundraiser that involves shooting pigeons has taken down another flying object.

A drone that was being used to film Senator Inhofe’s pigeon fundraiser was grounded Saturday.

The annual fundraiser earns money for the senator as guests shoot at tame, banded pigeons as they’re thrown into the air.

Showing Animals Respect and Kindness is an animal rights group that secretly filmed the fundraiser for Senator Jim Inhofe last year.

This year, the group said they tried to use a drone to record the event Friday night in Greer County, but they reported the drone was shot down.

A spokesperson for S.H.A.R.K. also said the sheriff refused to investigate the fall of the drone, insisting that shooting a drone is not illegal.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: drone; inhofe; pigeons
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I often wish I lived in Oklahoma.

the sheriff refused to investigate the fall of the drone, insisting that shooting a drone is not illegal.

1 posted on 09/13/2015 2:09:31 PM PDT by skeptoid
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To: skeptoid

It’s time to build the drone blind in Okla.


2 posted on 09/13/2015 2:12:18 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current devices...one uses Brit spel now.)
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To: skeptoid

Good. Damn tree hugging hippies.


3 posted on 09/13/2015 2:12:20 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (1 of 172)
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To: skeptoid

I love that the sheriff said it’s not illegal to shoot down drones.

But I don’t love the fact that people go out and shoot tame birds for fun. That’s just me, I guess.


4 posted on 09/13/2015 2:12:38 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Since you're so much smarter than me, don't waste your time insulting me. I won't understand it.)
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An infamous fundraiser

Nope. No bias there.

5 posted on 09/13/2015 2:12:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: skeptoid

“The annual fundraiser earns money for the senator as guests shoot at tame, banded pigeons as they’re thrown into the air.”

Imhofe should be ashamed of this! This isn’t hunting, it’s just killing for $hits and giggles.


6 posted on 09/13/2015 2:13:30 PM PDT by vette6387
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No matter what you do to them, you can’t make a drone taste good.


7 posted on 09/13/2015 2:15:54 PM PDT by Salamander (...and He who made kittens, put snakes in the grass...)
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I know what you mean.

I hope someone eats them.

8 posted on 09/13/2015 2:16:59 PM PDT by skeptoid (I'm a sucker for pulchritude)
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To: skeptoid

LOL! I love it. Wonder if any of the shooters had a few rounds of the new “drone ammo” just for the occasion.


9 posted on 09/13/2015 2:20:23 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: vette6387

What goes on at a chicken processing plant isn’t hunting either. I wouldn’t participate in a pigeon shoot though.


10 posted on 09/13/2015 2:23:51 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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To: skeptoid

Stupid people obviously camouflaged their drone to look like a pigeon.


11 posted on 09/13/2015 2:26:27 PM PDT by arthurus (It's true.)
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Throw it in the recycle bin. The bin will think it's quite tasty and will thank you for it.

12 posted on 09/13/2015 2:26:27 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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Imhofe should be ashamed of this! This isn’t hunting, it’s just killing for $hits and giggles.

Yeah! At least they could have used liberals tossed into the air, the pigeons never did anything but crap all over the place.

13 posted on 09/13/2015 2:27:19 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: skeptoid

the sheriff refused to investigate the fall of the drone, insisting that shooting a drone is not illegal.

Get your Congressman on this. Every State s going to need a law allowing drones over private property to be downed in any manner necessary. Thee things are popping up everywhere.


14 posted on 09/13/2015 2:27:20 PM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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"...shooting a drone is not illegal."

That's good to know.

15 posted on 09/13/2015 2:27:54 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Liberals keep looking for ways to be offended. I keep looking for ways to offend them.)
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To: doorgunner69

And liberals don’t crap all over the place?


16 posted on 09/13/2015 2:28:51 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Salamander

There’s nothing this can’t fix.

http://www.louisianapepper.com/


17 posted on 09/13/2015 2:30:10 PM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: skeptoid

I had to chuckle. That’s the reason God made Oklahoma.


18 posted on 09/13/2015 2:30:15 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Men need a reason to shop. Women need a place.)
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To: VerySadAmerican

I’m with you. Killing tame birds
for fun isn’t something civilized
people do.


19 posted on 09/13/2015 2:30:59 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Voting is acting white.)
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To: doorgunner69

It could be like that scene from History of the World part 1 where Mel Brooks playing the king of France shoots peasants like clay pigeons. Just substitute liberals.


20 posted on 09/13/2015 2:31:29 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (1 of 172)
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