[Paul46360]

I posted earlier this year about just a event happening and how to handle it..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3180912/posts

[SZonian]

What were we chatting about earlier?

[muir_redwoods]

shooting into the air in a place as densely populated as NJ is evidence of negligence at best.

[freedumb2003]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3180912/posts

sometimes the URL rendering doesn’t work in original post comments...

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

If its over your property then its open season as far as I’m concerned but maybe not up there in the police sate of NJ.

[MeganC]

It’s not a ‘drone’, it’s an RC helicopter.

[SZonian]

SSS...I sympathize with the shooter, but he erred in leaving the damn thing for the operator to retrieve.

In addition, the neighbor is a jerk for spying on his neighbor.

This drone business is going to start a lot of crap...

[Buckeye McFrog]

Krauthammer predicted on-air that the first guy who shot down a drone would become a national hero.

[DouglasKC]

Percenti was arrested and charged with Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose and Criminal Mischief. The shotgun used to shoot down the drone was seized by police.

Hmm...the guy needs to get a lawyer. I can't tell from the story whether the drone operator was taking pictures of this guys house or a different guys house. If the drone was above the shooters house then what is unlawful about shooting down a drone? You don't know who is operating it or what it's doing. And where is the law saying you can't shoot a drone? It's not alive. And apparently it's not illegal to discharge a gun here for a lawful purpose.

[Pearls Before Swine]

What about Gun Safety Rule #4: “Be sure of your target and what is behind it?”

In how many parts of the US is the population density low enough that it’s OK to “point a rifle into the air, the bullet comes down where?”

[Veggie Todd]

Pull!

[Blue Jays]

Shooting at the drone likely wasn't the best path to take.
It will be interesting as people start using low-cost drones to hover outside of homes and snap pics of residents.
Curious how this type of case is ultimately resolved.

[bunkerhill7]

A Washington D.C. man, Burk Obummer, was arrested after police say he shot down a remote control drone over his White House..”

[grania]

He should ask for a jury trial. <^..^>

[SoFloFreeper]

Good for him.

[Darksheare]

Rocksalt loads.
The drones need some flavoring to make them palatable.

[SkyDancer]

New game. Shotguns and Drones.

[meadsjn]

I don't see a problem. One guy wants to play aerial reconnaissance; the other responds with AAW.

[novemberslady]

Good

[SVTCobra03]

This is why I am buying a drone:

http://prepforshtf.com/drones-use-shtf-situation/#.VCsrovldV8E

[huldah1776]

Hmmm, I see airspace privacy laws coming? If you have a privacy fence, no drones? I personally hate fences.

We had such a different life before swimming pools and fences in suburbia. It really was like a small town. Now it’s one big development from DC to Boston. Can you tell I’m getting claustrophobic?