Yeah, a kite or Estes rocket with a 4K camera. Apparently you folks have something to hide.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
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Yeah, a kite or Estes rocket with a 4K camera. Apparently you folks have something to hide.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
How does that slippery slope start? If you aren't doing anything illegal, you shouldn't have nothing to worry about. Uh huh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gman
I would venture to guess the majority of the objections have NOTHING to do with an attempt to conceal illegal activity and are much more about the fact that everyone has property with some kind of value that they don't want to disappear, as well as the simple decency of respecting someones privacy...
One of my neighbors sells drones online for a living and has hundreds of them in their garage. The cheapo ones, that are basically toys, have been found in many of the neighborhood backyards and on at least two roofs that i know of... I would love to be able to launch a net up at them or something, and leave the pieces in their yard instead of my own, but I would never consider shooting at them with a gun, that is until they started hovering outside a window while someone was showering.
Christ, I can't say what I'd really want, but what a bunch of irrational children. Make us really look like a bunch of hillbilly bumpkins sometimes.
Huh, what?Quote:
Originally Posted by fitz19d
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Don't you dare suggest any similarities to being afraid of inanimate objects being abused by people with bad intentions.Quote:
Originally Posted by fitz19d
It wasn't 4k (didn't exist, shit, I don't think HD did either), but I had a model rocket with a camera on it back in the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gman
Not really apples to apples, but it's still the point.
Honestly, a kite would be even easier than a quad... You don't have to have the wireless video transmission.... You can use the rope to run a data/video cable.
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Back to the real topic of the thread...
The simple answer here is that there is new tech that isn't going away, and as long as there is a human element involved, there are going to be douche bags with said tech that will do the douche baggery...
I have a sneaking suspicion that most that shoot a drone over their property are going to be red-flagged pretty quick anymore.
1. Discharging a firearm in a neighborhood is verboten everywhere that I know of (city limits thing)
2. Announcing that you have firearms to douche bags that just lost their $2k toy, why wouldn't they be vindictive and get your guns confiscated for a year...
3. Likely going to get the police involved... (revert back to #1)... May not even be the drone the owner...
While some of these cases may appear to go the way of the shooter, the reality of the situation is likely to be a very negative thing for a pro-2A person shooting a drone out of the sky...
Popcorn Sutton!Quote:
Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels
So, if youre of the belief you should be allowed to shoot at drones in defense of your property boundaries:
1) Are the drones, being someone elses property, then allowed to shoot at you?
2) Do you have the right to launch space vehicle weapons at geo-sync sattelites because google earth has enough resolution to see your nipples?
3) Why would you then violate your own privacy by talking about shooting at drones, and what they might see if you dont, by posting about it on public forum?
In all seriousness, if you your a string to a drone, is it just now a Smart Kite?
Isnt a smart kite... a hawk?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
A kite I wouldn't give two shits about, have fun kid. Estes rocket, no, I don't want you burning the neighborhood down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
I said drone. If you're not a realtor taking pics for a listing, the people in that neighborhood won't be as nice as I'm being for the sake of the discussion. If you want to be a drone jockey, take it out to open space and play....otherwise, I'm figuring shit ain't gonna go so well for your equipment.
How can you tell from the ground who is whom?
What?
Are you suggesting that normal sighted people don't know what a drone flying on their property looks like?
No, I'm asking how you can tell the difference between an asshole with a $2,000 toy and a real estate agent or claims adjuster doing an inspection.
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Originally Posted by Grant H.
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Why, Irving....are we cross or something? Dude, you brought up kites and estes rockets, and now you're asking me this. You actually wondered if myself or one of my neighbors could tell the difference between a drone...…..or a kite or an estes rocket, and then equated a toy VS commercial drone usage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
If none of my neighbors have a home for sale, or recent significant severe weather has occurred (and they would know about this as well if it were my home)...….a drone is HIGHLY SUSPECT with anyone living in the neighborhood. Again, good luck if your equipment survives.
Nope. I made a joke about kites and rockets. You suggested that a real estate drone would be okay. How can you tell the difference? A real estate agent is photographing a house before it ever hits the market so you wouldn't know it was for sale. I inspect damage from hail storms that happened years ago. I'll be inspecting roofs damaged by the May 8, 2017 storm for years to come. When you look at a quad copter, how do you tell which way it is facing? How do you tell which way the camera is facing? How do you tell if the camera is on? How do you tell if it has a camera at all? A drone with a 4k camera could read over your shoulder through your window from a block away, or see you standing in a window from probably a mile away. Why would anyone that is looking at you or your property be right on top of you? How long do you imagine a drone hanging around? How many actual drones have you seen operating in the wild? I've seen exactly two. Both were traveling at least 20 mph in a straight line and were clearly on the way some where. Even if you were waiting with a loaded auto shotgun in the crook of your arm, you'd have hit neither. Not even close. Where exactly is all the paranoia coming from?
I'll reiterate... anyone selling in my neighborhood wouldn't be secret. Anyone with damage from a severe storm would mean all of us have the same damage. I tried to differentiate those circumstances. It's still real if I say it three times, I love ya man, I mean that too.
I'll concede that if I see a drone "somewhere near my domain" for a short period of time ONCE. You're good I suppose. I guess the hang up here is your impression of zero tolerance, and what I was trying to suggest of some asshat flying crap around your house or property just for fun.
Looks like we both win if we see it the way I think is going on.
Like with most everything, the idea people prepare for in their mind, and the reality in which they encounter "whatever" are almost always vastly different. So while on one hand I get frustrated with people making up cowboy scenarios in their head, I can just as easily remember that I'm extremely unlikely to hear stories of people actually acting out their drone shooting fantasies.
Looking for a lost dog with a drone sounds like a great idea to me. I think I'd actually be less annoyed by dog seeking drones than I would be by sifting through lost dog threads on Nextdoor.
My neighbors would let me know their dog was out and or missing. No drone needed.
There's no need to automatically resort to the latest technology to find a lost dog in a neighborhood.