Citizens shoot down private surveillance drone...

[OutHouse]

Should have just rented a helicopter and video'd the event but they stopped the shooting anyways.

Too bad, they didn't catch the shooters.

why is that too bad?

 

[OverVolt]

AFAIK you own your land and the sky above it. They took it over property that wasn't theirs. Fail.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Didn't read the article, but my understanding of property rights is that they extend both into the ground and into the air. So, how was flying this thing over private property legal? This theory is the reason why Ozzy was arrested on a plane by Texas Rangers as he flew over Texas.

Really? Because I'm pretty sure you can't legally shoot at a private helicopter flying over your house.

 

[Mike Gayner]

"Showing Animals Respect and Kindness" are you fucking kidding me?

Jesus H. Christ, no wonder we're the fucking laughing stock of the world.

LOL trust me, that's not why.

 

[Darwin333]

Really? Because I'm pretty sure you can't legally shoot at a private helicopter flying over your house.

a private helicopter can't legally fly 50 feet above your property except for very special circumstances.

 

[senseamp]

why is that too bad?

People with guns who think the law doesn't apply to them.

 

[Kadarin]

It should be legal to be able to shoot down drones.

 

[JSt0rm]

pigeons are flying rats
why stop the killing?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_Pigeon

You should read that. Its pretty crazy.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Rich activists.
Smh

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

Yea fuck that, if somebody is flying some spy shit drone over my property that fuckers going down.

A 28" shotgun with a full choke and some bigger birdshot should do the trick.

 

[senseamp]

They were flying the drone over public road when it was shot. No property owner came forward saying I shot it because it was my right, in fact the shooters ran away, meaning they knew what they did was illegal.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

They were flying the drone over public road when it was shot. No property owner came forward saying I shot it because it was my right, in fact the shooters ran away, meaning they knew what they did was illegal.

Better to be safe then in jail.

 

[DominionSeraph]

But by establishing that the landowner owns 500 feet of airspace over their property, then trespassing applies. And in a state like South Carolina, I'm betting there's some fun laws for trespassing that will involve the ability to shoot at things.

I doubt it. The State doesn't tend to just give away the power to make unilateral judgments over others (and so over others' property.) To do so would lead to chaos as personal disputes would escalate into open warfare. So the State tends to demand that you use the civil court system to address such grievances.

 

[Born2bwire]

Hah, nice. BTW, pigeon is incredibly tasty.

 

[highland145]

Drive through Ehrhardt to the beach.

"Seconds after it hit the air, numerous shots rang out,"

Sounds fairly normal. Us dumb ass rednecks would be hard pressed to not shoot at it.:awe:

 

[MarkXIX]

Drive through Ehrhardt to the beach.
Sounds fairly normal. Us dumb ass rednecks would be hard pressed to not shoot at it.:awe:

I herdz them hexercopterz is good eatin'!

If the animal rights schmucks stuck around long enough I bet they could have at least followed the dog back to the tree stand after it recovered the kill.

 

[ElFenix]

This theory is the reason why Ozzy was arrested on a plane by Texas Rangers as he flew over Texas.

that's jurisdiction, not property.

 

[CZroe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_Pigeon

You should read that. Its pretty crazy.

Also this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Parakeet

Carolina.

 

[CPA]

that's jurisdiction, not property.

that makes more sense, however I have to beleive there is some amount of air rights a property owner has.

 

[JSt0rm]

Also this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Parakeet

Carolina.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Parakeet#cite_note-EllisNTB-5 "A factor that contributed to their extinction was the unfortunate flocking behavior that led them to return immediately to a location where some of the birds had just been killed. This led to even more being shot by hunters as they gathered about the wounded and dead members of the flock."


Wow very sad.

 

[CZroe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Parakeet#cite_note-EllisNTB-5 "A factor that contributed to their extinction was the unfortunate flocking behavior that led them to return immediately to a location where some of the birds had just been killed. This led to even more being shot by hunters as they gathered about the wounded and dead members of the flock."


Wow very sad.

Just noticed a sad connection to your info-nugget:

The...last [Carolina Parakeet, "Incas"] died at the Cincinnati Zoo on February 21, 1918...Coincidentally, Incas died in the same aviary cage in which the last Passenger Pigeon, "Martha," had died nearly four years prior.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_(passenger_pigeon)

 

[JSt0rm]

I'm glad we are more aware these day to this kind of stuff. Its a shame so much had to be lost to get here though.

 

[james1701]

Its the Boston Tea Party all over again, .

 

[highland145]

Video of the shoot. Aerial and ground. Skip to 1:30
http://www.live5news.com/story/16931981/sc-animal-rights-group-video-aircraft-shot-down

Wonder what that costs?

 

[airdata]

oh the irony of "normal people" committing felonies to act out against a group doing things that are legal.