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wundermaus

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5. A drone is nothing more than a remote controlled missle.

Sun Jul 21, 2013, 08:35 PM

Jul 2013

There is no reason whatsoever for a person not to consider a missile within eye sight of being a threat and to take defensive measures.
When I was a kid and law enforcement started flying helicopters all hours of the day and night, it became a threat to privacy and should have been nipped in the bud right then and there. The neighborhood constable has been replaced with helicopters and now with drones. The authorities copy and store all manner of our electronic interactions and monitor our whereabouts with satellites, license plate scanners, and face recognition technologies. One can only imagine what else they do we don't even know about. All this bullshit about terrorists and such is just a smoke screen. Sure we as a nation go sucker punched with 9-11 but given the idiot in charge at the time (not elected - selected by the SCUS), shame on us. What's really going on is this - we, the people of the United States of America are the enemy. Wake up folks. A Coup d'état has already taken place. The elites are running the show now, and we are along for the E ticket ride. Sure, it looks like we are still running things but we are not. The police are quickly becoming militarized. Next come the concentration camps and then the mass extermination / enslavement. Kiss your liberty good-bye. The domestic use of drones are just another nail in liberty's coffin.

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FAA: Do NOT shoot down drones or risk fines & jail-time. Whatever happened to Stand Your Ground? [View all] 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 OP

Good question. n/t bbinacan Jul 2013 #1

With a shotgun? Gman Jul 2013 #2

I guess "if it flies" = use a shotgun 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #3

Best choice for firing in the air. The shot has low energy and won't kill people on the ground. NutmegYankee Jul 2013 #8

When we were younger while dove hunting Gman Jul 2013 #22

The problem with trying to shoot down a drone with a shotgun Zorra Jul 2013 #23

I don't care if the drone flew 20' overhead Gman Jul 2013 #24

The drone is standing its ground Turbineguy Jul 2013 #4

A drone is nothing more than a remote controlled missle. wundermaus Jul 2013 #5

OOOOOH! scary drones (tm) intaglio Jul 2013 #10

Isn't that great!? wundermaus Jul 2013 #16

We're not talking about Predator drones intaglio Jul 2013 #41

Black helicopters redux. nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #17

Repugs are happy about that...Just like Penny Pritzger SAILED THROUGH... KoKo Jul 2013 #6

Hunters shooting down drones ... intaglio Jul 2013 #7

I think the "point" is to fucking JUST SAY NO to this wave of new-fangled invasive spy-gadgetry 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #12

How very progressive you are intaglio Jul 2013 #39

Oh please 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #43

But your blanket condemnation refers to "all of the above" intaglio Jul 2013 #46

I reserve the right to feel affronted by Guvmint snooping on citizens 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #47

And I reserve the right to rebut fantasy n/t intaglio Jul 2013 #50

Too late. Most countries have them, and use them. MADem Jul 2013 #42

So the horses are all out of the barn are they? Great. 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #44

The horses have been running free for a decade or more. MADem Jul 2013 #45

Oh snap! You mean I can't keep my precious illusions ? 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #48

No need to get shirty. Refer to the illustration. Plenty of other people who MADem Jul 2013 #49

Did I get "shirty" ? 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #51

Perhaps they are referring to the smaller ones... nebenaube Jul 2013 #36

I'll give you $10000 if you can shoot down a dragonfly drone with a pellet gun. tridim Jul 2013 #52

If they shot back, it could be a good way to get rid of our undesirables, i.e. gun nuts. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #9

Or RW trolls. nt Zorra Jul 2013 #28

Keep the targets out of the air and there is nothing to shoot at TheKentuckian Jul 2013 #11

Yes. There is a legal concept, called "attractive nuisance" 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #13

Yes, the law says that because of idiots I have to put a fence around my swimming pool Recursion Jul 2013 #26

Curious children and random off-leash pets are not "idiots" 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #29

Are you seriously pissed off because you have to fence in your pool? Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #33

I am nowhere close to owning a pool, or a house to put it behind Recursion Jul 2013 #34

Just what we need--encouraging people to open fire on aircraft pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #14

Who's "encouraging" anything? 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #15

Do you think people should shoot at police helicopters? geek tragedy Jul 2013 #18

Try as I may, I just can't fit those ugly words (of yours) into my mouth at all 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #21

Stupid drunk rednecks bitterly disappointed they can't shoot geek tragedy Jul 2013 #19

Bad idea anyways - firing bullets in the air Dash87 Jul 2013 #20

They are firing buckshot (like bee-bees), as I read it. 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #27

Since about 99% of the time they're used for agriculture... Recursion Jul 2013 #25

That's what the all say 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #30

I think they get the Ayn Rand Paul Trophy or something. tridim Jul 2013 #53

I could set up a loudspeaker near an airstrip that just says "Pull!" at random times Recursion Jul 2013 #54

I can pretty much gurantee at least one of these knuckheads will shoot at a small plane... tridim Jul 2013 #55

And when the shot down drone lands on someone Zoeisright Jul 2013 #31

That could be a sticky problem, at least potentially. 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #32

Or hits an explosives magazine - of which there are many in that area - DevonRex Jul 2013 #37

"Do NOT shoot down drones or risk fines & jail-time. Whatever happened to Stand Your Ground?" Jenoch Jul 2013 #35

18 million dollars????? Generic Other Jul 2013 #38

k&r avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #40