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Ka-Blam! Woman Shoots Drone Near Godfather Actor's Home
Fortune ^ | August 29, 2016 | Jeff John Roberts

Posted on 08/31/2016 4:48:33 AM PDT by SJackson

Old school justice.

If you’ve seen the Godfather movies, you know there are risks in messing with the wrong people. Two strangers with a drone found this out the hard way when they flew their device near the rural Virginia property of actor Robert Duvall.

A local woman, Jennifer Youngman, did not like what the men were up to and — boom! — she shot the drone out of the air after a gust of wind brought it towards her property.

“They were going a little too fast and they went over my airspace. I had my .20-gauge there, so I put two 71/2 birdshot shells in it, and there you are,” Youngman told the Fauquier Times, which reported the story this weekend.

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Youngman and other local residents speculated the drone operators might be from The National Enquirer and had come to spy on Duvall, who played the lawyer Tom Hagen in the Godfather movies.

The men allegedly set up a card table near Duvall’s residence to launch the drone, and then scrammed after Youngman shot it down.

It will come as no surprise that isn’t the the first drone to meet such a fate in the U.S. Last year, a Kentucky man ended up in county jail after he blasted a device he said was spying on his daughters. Another such incident occurred in California.

It’s unclear for now what the law is when it comes to taking action against drones hovering over private property. On one hand, some academics argue the law frowns against “self-help,” and shotgun owners can face mischief or vandalism charges if they open fire. But at least one academic argues that “robotic intrusions” pose a special kind of danger that justifies “violent self-help.”

In the Kentucky case, prosecutors dropped the criminal charges, though the drone owner is still pursuing civil charges in federal court.

So far, it does not appear any charges are in store for Youngman, who is glad to have chased the drone away from the property of Duvall, who she describes as a “really nice man.”

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If she has had any second thoughts, it is only in regard to the nuisance created by the drone debris.

“I have a bit of regret, I had small pieces of drone all over my pasture. It’s already given me two flat tires on my tractor,” she told the Fauquier Times.

Fortune could not immediately confirm the facts of the story, but Youngman repeated the account to Ars Technica, adding that she is an experienced skeet shooter.


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To: SJackson

My question..
What’s the best load? Turkey, #4 , # 6 ?


61 posted on 08/31/2016 10:45:07 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: miss marmelstein
Why bother covering Clinton when the media can cover 80 year old something Duvall!

And still hot.

62 posted on 08/31/2016 10:48:48 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("They only smear who they fear." --Diamond and Silk)
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To: tired&retired

The range is far greater than that, and all it takes is one BB to hit the right spot on the drone, you know, like clay pigeons.


63 posted on 08/31/2016 11:03:27 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: FreedomPoster

No, the actual,shooterl. Believe It Of Not !


64 posted on 08/31/2016 2:38:20 PM PDT by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: Vinnie

Jennifer, the 65 year old shooter says 7 1/2 shot. I’d use whatever was handy.


65 posted on 08/31/2016 7:06:55 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: Awgie
How do pieces of plastic pierce a tractor tire?

Other articles indicate she ran them over.

66 posted on 08/31/2016 7:08:36 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: katana
These things are flying illegal surveillance devices. You're not permitted under law in most places to go on someone's property uninvited and peek into their window

But you can photograph with a long lens. I suspect for now, that's the comparison. I don't agree. Then when you photograph through a window, all kinds of other reprecussions. Rational lawmakers could easily solve this problem.

67 posted on 08/31/2016 7:12:19 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: SJackson

The T-1000’s brother says, “That’s why I say, ‘Hey, ma’am, nice shot!’”


68 posted on 08/31/2016 7:12:36 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: SJackson

She used bird shot for a peckerheaded buzz bomber. Dunno how you pluck or microwave them buzzards but they make great hood ornaments.


69 posted on 09/01/2016 10:29:48 AM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28-end, this is the end of the beginning WinstonChurchill)
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