Right to shoot at drones

[Martinjmpr]

So I guess I'm the only one who thinks shooting at drones is a monumentally stupid idea?

I can think of at least 2 reasons why this is dumb.

First, when you fire a gun you are legally responsible for where that projectile goes. Maybe it goes into the drone, or maybe it goes into someone's front window, either way you are 100% liable. Shooting at flying objects is not easy even under the best circumstances. I hope he's using bird shot because a buckshot pellet can travel quite a distance and still pack a punch.

Second, assuming your aim is true and you hit the drone, again, YOU are now 100% responsible for what happens to it. Maybe it just falls to the ground, but then again, maybe it goes out of control and hits someone's home, a car on the highway, passing pedestrian, etc.

I guess I don't get the tinfoil-hatted paranoia about drones. Using an ominous term like 'drones' makes it sound like they are predator drones flying over us with Hellfire missiles ready to shoot at innocent citizens at the press of a button, or heartless Terminators forever looking for Sarah Connor.

OTOH, Calling them "remote control airplanes" (which is exactly what they are) makes them sound more like a toy (which, again, is what they are.)

[Gman]

OTOH, Calling them "remote control airplanes" (which is exactly what they are) makes them sound more like a toy (which, again, is what they are.)

Hey, let's make peeping Toms with video recorders a protected class.

When they have cameras on them and are looking in your windows or flying over your private property, they cease to be a "toy".

7 1/2 or 8 shot is enough to take out a drone and isn't going to hurt anybody as it falls back to the ground.

[sniper7]

Hey, let's make peeping Toms with video recorders a protected class.

When they have cameras on them and are looking in your windows or flying over your private property, they cease to be a "toy".

7 1/2 or 8 shot is enough to take out a drone and isn't going to hurt anybody as it falls back to the ground.

Id disagree on that last part. My good hunting partner had a guy in his group pheasant hunting almost lose his eye last year when he was a blocker and caught a piece of shot just under his eye which embedded. One more reason to wear eye protection