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Motown_Johnny

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13. The same argument was used against the crossbow

Reply to 1-Old-Man (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 09:41 AM

Jan 2013

Any time someone develops a military advantage which protects the combatant someone calls it cowardly.

If you are so brave then you go carry a gun into range of people with weapons who want to kill you. Good luck with that.

P.S. Guns have recoil. Odds are your drone won't survive the first shot.

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Hunters Only: Would it be legal to hunt with a Drone in your state? [View all] 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 OP

Derp, a deer killed by a drone is just as dead as a deer killed by a rifle! Derp! nt Bonobo Jan 2013 #1

Are you implying hunters are cowards? n/t MicaelS Jan 2013 #2

Some are, some aren't. 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 #3

Will you also say that anyone that eats meat is a coward? former-republican Jan 2013 #4

No, I'd say they were hungry. 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 #6

So I take it you eat at McDonald's sometimes former-republican Jan 2013 #9

Ted Nugent FredisDead Jan 2013 #5

I read that as only some of them. RC Jan 2013 #7

I'm not a hunter, but the laws about 'drones' are FAA aviation regulations. Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #8

The FCC also has regulations on what can be radio-controlled HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #12

Airborne Hunting Act FarCenter Jan 2013 #10

I asked a colleague is he thought the second amendment gave him the right to Sarin gas BlueStreak Jan 2013 #11

The same argument was used against the crossbow Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #13

Yes, you can kill a deer with a drone-delivered cluster bomb JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #14

You need a shaped charge to gut it. FarCenter Jan 2013 #16

Jesus---As If Our Resident Gun Enthusiasts Didn't Have Enough Unhealthy Fantasies. Paladin Jan 2013 #15

I don't hunt, but I do fish - aren't they the same things? The Straight Story Jan 2013 #17

Do you use armor-piercing rounds for the steelheads? nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #18