Bloke whose drone was blasted out of sky by angry dad loses another court battle

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7. "don't threaten to shoot the guy for trespassing"

That's not what the homeowner did, though.

There were three visibly angry men shouting at him and approaching him in his front yard. He had just shot down a very expensive piece of their property.

It's pretty clear those guys were planning on doing more than trespassing if they came onto his property to confront him. The best choice would have been to retreat into his home, lock the door and call the police, but I don't fault him for warning them he'd defend himself if attacked.

Also, as another poster stated, birdshot doesn't hurt you when it comes down. I've personally been pinged a few times by birdshot when the hunters on the opposite side of the lake fired at ducks in the air and the shot came down on us in our duck boat. Hell, Dick Cheney shot that one guy right in the face from 40 yards away and he walked away with no major injuries.