My daughter and HS friends were getting harassed at beach by one a few years back. One of boys took care of it into the ocean and angry owner confronted group. Nothing came of it.
Loitering Drones
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I'd just moon it.
The book “1984” by George Orwell, mentioned helicopters peering in windows to keep an eye on the populace. If you want to get paranoid, just substitute drone for helicopters. It’s much cheaper.
What if they come back for seconds?
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Imagine shooting down the drones last November on East Coast while they were rehearsing for the Russia attack - the trouble people would get into.
So it's better to leave them alone as long as they are not peeping into your house.
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True but I'm talking about the very small ones sold to consumers- basically toys
Might be a good day for some skeet shooting. With some turkey loads though...
If it was a small private drone loitering, and if I could get an easy shot, I probably would blast it, as it would scaring my farm animals. Probably best try shoot it from an off camera angle though.
If it was a small private drone loitering, and if I could get an easy shot, I probably would blast it, as it would scaring my farm animals. Probably best try shoot it from an off camera angle though.
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Yes, this is likely the best answer.
Shooting a gun up into the air will almost never end well legally. Especially if there is a video fo you doing it.
For a small amount, you can buy multiple drones with only one set of ground equipment. Not sure how tough it is, but try fly your drone to hit the other one. Even if the perp sees your drone, he’ll probably take off and go some where else. Better yet there might be some technology zero in on the other drone.
It’d be a shame if one of these loitering drones happened to be in the area when you are practicing your clay shooting skills. Accidents happen.
If your place is legal for skeet shooting(mine is in every direction from the house), then I don't know what they could say really? In Ontario you have to fly with a visual line of sight, which is impossible as well at my place unless its flying at a high enough altitude that I probably wouldn't notice it, and it would be out of practical range anyways.
So to be buzzing around the house and barn, they would flying "dangerously" without VLOS... And harassing livestock, so I think I would be good to shoot it, just like a fox chasing the chickens.
Not that I plan too, but if a drone showed up and was scoping out my place, there's not really any well intentioned people doing stuff like that, so I guess its a good policy to eliminate it. I doubt thieves scoping out my place would be reporting me to the police?
A neighbor of my sister and BIL had a drone flying around their house, obviously looking inside their house, over several days. It was happening around the same time every day. So the husband had his wife go into a well-lit room around the time the drone had been showing up, and he got his (I know you'll appreciate this) high-powered pellet rifle and from an unlit room succeeded in shooting it, and it fell into their yard. The backdrop for the shot was a mountainside, so no concern of hitting something or someone unintentionally.
They contacted a local news station, to share their story. They weren't able to identify who the drone operator was. The high-tech peeping tom never came forward to get their fairly elaborate drone back.
Signal jammers. Drones lose communication with the operator and either return to home or crash. They are out there and law enforcement has access to them.
In the situation that @Zee09 describes in his op, living in the countryside with a fair amount of property, in the right circumstances I would be very tempted to take a shot at a drone that was lingering over my property. Particularly if it appeared to be attempting to peer into my home, or into a yard that is otherwise private, because of fences, hedges, or other landscaping.
At the very least, I may attempt to be seen by the drone camera, aiming a shotgun at the drone. You would think that someone flying an expensive drone would quickly avoid the risk.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but my understanding is that you are entitled to an expectation of privacy in situations where you would normally expect such. For example, you should be able to expect privacy in a second story bedroom window, if there were no normal way to view into that window, for example from a nearby neighboring home.
At the very least, I may attempt to be seen by the drone camera, aiming a shotgun at the drone. You would think that someone flying an expensive drone would quickly avoid the risk.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but my understanding is that you are entitled to an expectation of privacy in situations where you would normally expect such. For example, you should be able to expect privacy in a second story bedroom window, if there were no normal way to view into that window, for example from a nearby neighboring home.
The talk of drones and AI makes me think of Skynet. I have thought this for quite awhile now. I'm not a conspiracy theorist or crackpot, but at what point does the public become concerned? Apparently the unidentified UAV's in the news awhile back created some concern. At what point does perceived malicious intent to surveil or do harm to those on the ground allow for defense? Keep in mind I wouldn't try to bring one down due to Federal and State laws alone.
Depends on the situation. In the city, No. Out in the country, Maybe. Is it flying low. Is it a threat to my safety. I own a 12ga. It might go down.
It is a felony to shoot down an aircraft...manned or unmanned. You don't own the airspace above your land.
As per @AZjeff post flying that low would be illegal. If that happened to me I'd try to go out and grab it or knock it to the ground. Then I'd eagerly wait for the owner at my front door with the most off the rails, insane look and posture imaginable. Me being an athletic and muscular 6'5" 230 pounder would help with that image.
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