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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Sat May 28, 2016, 06:12 AM May 2016

Man takes drone out for maiden voyage, other man shoots at it

The owner of a drone store outside Nashville told Ars on Friday that two of his customers have had their unmanned aerial vehicles shot at in recent weeks.

The incident is reminiscent of last year’s similar incident in California and another in Kentucky, which resulted in the shooter being cleared on local firearms charges. As drones become more pervasive, it seems that drones, perceived privacy violations, and firearms are increasingly becoming a dangerous combination.

According to Byron Brock, the owner of Vivid Aerial in Whites Creek, a man named Gary Sammons was flying his new DJI Phantom 4 above his home in Rutherford County last Saturday.

"Sammons and his son were flying, and they were looking at their property, and they noticed an unfamiliar vehicle nearby, so he flew over the front of the property—he got lower than I would have gotten—he was at 85 feet and yet still off of his own property," Brock told Ars.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/tennessee-trucker-fires-three-shotgun-blasts-at-overhead-drone/
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Man takes drone out for maiden voyage, other man shoots at it (Original Post) SecularMotion May 2016 OP
Two things I hate tymorial May 2016 #1
Your life must be a nightmare. Eleanors38 May 2016 #2
Something like that has happened already, in PA petronius May 2016 #3
I like this approach. Straw Man May 2016 #4
 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
2. Your life must be a nightmare.
Sun May 29, 2016, 03:56 PM
May 2016


I'm waiting for the day some PeTA-type group "legally" flies a drone over a dove hunt, which is illegal to disrupt." That will spur legislation.

petronius

(26,657 posts)
3. Something like that has happened already, in PA
Sun May 29, 2016, 04:40 PM
May 2016


More spying than disrupting in that case though, and I don't know the ultimate outcome...

Straw Man

(6,760 posts)
4. I like this approach.
Sun May 29, 2016, 11:45 PM
May 2016
One Dutch company, Guard From Above, has taken the innovative approach of training birds of prey to physically takedown the UAVs.

The company, which works “mainly for national and international governmental security agencies”, is currently partnering with the Dutch National Police on a trial basis to determine if using birds of prey are a realistic method for taking down drones.

-- http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/01/watch-this-trained-eagle-take-down-a-flying-drone/
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