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Comment Re: "...the same as trespassing." (Score 1) 1197

Kentucky man knows buckshot is the wrong load for drone-hunting (there's a reason it's called "buck"-shot).

Unsubstantiated assumption. Honestly you don't really want to go into what Kentuckians do or don't know. If your argument only works if only the best most experienced shooters are the ones that step up and take out drones you're not on a particularly stable foundation.

There is no "reckless endangerment"

Really? Shooting your gun when you're not supposed to isn't reckless endangerment?

Comment Re:"...the same as trespassing." (Score 1) 1197

I never said fire your gun. To a device, I don't think it matters if it is shot or bashed with a bat.

You are talking about discharging a firearm inside your home without thinking about who is in the next room.

This right here neatly sums up the issue I have with using guns to deal with drones: Lack of consideration about the environment you're in when firing a weapon. Everybody is annoyed with drones, and since they have proven to be physically dangerous they are rightfully so, but nobody around here is stopping to think: "Gee, I wonder if I'm really okay with a yokel from Kentucky running outside with his gun every time he sees something hovering?"

Honestly, I expected a lot better from this site.

Comment Re:"...the same as trespassing." (Score 1) 1197

He mentioned nothing about shooting it. He just said "harming".

The word 'harming' was used as a substitute for was 'shoot'. Sorry.

Once again, it is so obviously pathetic how people twist arguments to fit some agenda of theirs, such as gun control.

Straw man. Here, I'll show you the bit from the article you're intentionally ignoring: "Merideth was arrested and charged with first degree criminal mischief and first degree wanton endangerment."

There's a law there, and there's a damned good reason that law is there. In fact if you read a little further...

It wasn't long before the drone's owners appeared.

"Four guys came over to confront me about it, and I happened to be armed, so that changed their minds," Merideth said.

"They asked me, 'Are you the S-O-B that shot my drone?' and I said, 'Yes I am,'" he said. "I had my 40mm Glock on me and they started toward me and I told them, 'If you cross my sidewalk, there's gonna be another shooting.'

Oh lookie at that, a clear example of why that law is in place, all neatly wrapped up in the topic at hand.

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