Posted on 08/02/2012 2:05:24 PM PDT by Myrddin
We don’t own the airspace above our houses, so...
The last frame the camera will show will be a cat with claws outstreched, and jaws open.
I figured out early on that the little electric RC helicopters were a bad idea in the house. They just don't make 'em strong enough.
Gonna be lots of different kinds of accidents happen to their equipment if they push it.
/johnny
What about air rights?
Just remember this was an ongoing armed standoff.
If it had been a manned police helicopter would that have been OK? Or for any armed standoff anywhere, should a warrant be required for use of any aircraft to observe the standoff?
Is it just “directly over” your private property (do you own the airspace and space all the way above your property to the moon?) Or is it allowed if you’re flying the aircraft over public property off to the side and looking at your property?
Be Prepared. Have a tennis racket handy. Get one before they outlaw them.
A first step on a very slippery slope that will result in tyranny.
Where is the boundary? The highest point on the structure approved and constructed on the property? The highest tree on the property? There must be some boundary between "public airspace" and my private property. Perhaps it will be necessary to put up some bird netting to define your space.
Like it or not, it’s just another technology.
I think they should have waited and handled it through mediation, but on the other hand, the guy was definitely in the wrong and was menacing, so this wasn’t an arbitrary action.
We can never stop a new technology. The only thing we can and must do is to make sure it is used for legitimate purposes, and not used to enforce the whims of the reigning Dem honcho of the moment.
All this over six head of cattle? WTF? Why the hell wouldnt he give/take them back to the rightful owners?
'Sides, I got bird shot for the 12 ga. if I really need it. (Thanks coach for the trap and skeet club in high school)
/johnny
Big Brother is watching.
The only thing that bothers me is that, how does the DHS presume involvement in a non-Federal criminal matter? If a local police department or even a State agency own a drone, that’s one thing. But I’m not necessarily comfortable with the Feds poking their noses into everything.
When I was a kid, during the “War on Drugs” the local county bought an ultra-light to cruise the tree tops looking for pot farms. Every once in a while you’d see an article in the paper about a bust that always seemed to yield millions in street value. I don’t know if it was really successful, but where I was raised, if it flew slow your weapon was at hand and you were bored, an ultra-light would be a pretty tasty target. I bet a drone would be the same.
Air rights? I don’t understand your question.
I believe their assistance was requested by the locals. They didn't butt in uninvited.
Offhand, I don't know. The FAA could probably tell you.
And even if we did, the airspace above a public road close to your house, would be sufficient to observe everything except a small triangle in the shadow of your house.
Best to simply restrict the warrant-less use of drones for surveillance on homes as unreasonable search and seizure, than to rely on airspace rights.
Best to simply restrict the warrant-less use of drones for surveillance on homes as unreasonable search and seizure, than to rely on airspace rights.
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agree so much.
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