Man shoots down drone hovering over his house.

[BDKJMU]

Hillview man arrested for shooting down drone; cites right to privacy
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[BDKJMU]

I say no. If the guy has a 6 ft privacy fence, pool & his teen daughters are laying out at the pool & a drone with camera is hovering above, I don't blame him..

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

It invaded his airspace, I have done the same thing.

[CAA Flagship]

It invaded his airspace, I have done the same thing.

You could have been shot too.

[Skjellyfetti]

cites right to privacy

Thought Conks didn't believe in a right to privacy?

[dbackjon]

I voted no.

Then I saw BDK and Alphie agreed with me.



MUST RESET THE UNIVERSE

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Its statistically impossible for you to always be wrong.............welcome to the real world

[Chizzang]

Sending a drone (with our without a camera) into somebody else's yard is unlawful entry... period the end

[CID1990]

Sending a drone (with our without a camera) into somebody else's yard is unlawful entry... period the end

exactly

this is a very good example of how changing technology does not affect the spirit of the right to privacy

[Grizalltheway]

Sending a drone (with our without a camera) into somebody else's yard is unlawful entry... period the end

So, would this guy have shot at a police helicopter, with or without a camera?

[Ibanez]

I say no. If the guy has a 6 ft privacy fence, pool & his teen daughters are laying out at the pool & a drone with camera is hovering above, I don't blame him..

Agreed.

[Ibanez]

cites right to privacy

Thought Conks didn't believe in a right to privacy?

It's on a case-by-case basis.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Sending a drone (with our without a camera) into somebody else's yard is unlawful entry... period the end

So, would this guy have shot at a police helicopter, with or without a camera?

How is that even remotely the same? Police have a much wider swath than some local dipshit flying his drone does.

Possibly he should face a small crime for discharging a weapon but as far as shooting down the drone, fuck no.

[kalm]

Sending a drone (with our without a camera) into somebody else's yard is unlawful entry... period the end

exactly

this is a very good example of how changing technology does not affect the spirit of the right to privacy

Tell that to Ivytalk and his boy crush on the NSA.

[Grizalltheway]

So, would this guy have shot at a police helicopter, with or without a camera?

How is that even remotely the same? Police have a much wider swath than some local dipshit flying his drone does.

Possibly he should face a small crime for discharging a weapon but as far as shooting down the drone, fuck no.

The point is, you don't have an absolute right to the airspace over your house. Private/commercial helicopters and planes do it all the time.

For the record, I don't personally have a problem with what he did. Just throwing it out there.

[Baldy]

Actually, shooting down a drone is a federal offense no matter where it's flying, but yeah I'd shoot that motherfucker down too.

[Skjellyfetti]

It's on a case-by-case basis.

Well, it's not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.

So, if you mean Conk "strict constructionists" are "strict constructionists" on a case-by-case basis - then, I agree.

[CitadelGrad]

I say no. If the guy has a 6 ft privacy fence, pool & his teen daughters are laying out at the pool & a drone with camera is hovering above, I don't blame him..

Are you suggesting is was JSO's drone?

[CitadelGrad]

cites right to privacy

Thought Conks didn't believe in a right to privacy?

Fuck. You have to be trolling now.

[houndawg]

Won't be long until the terrorists have drones too.

[kalm]

My son has a remote control quad copter with a HD camera on it. It was $79 on Amazon. This will be more and more common.

[ASUG8]

So, would this guy have shot at a police helicopter, with or without a camera?

How is that even remotely the same? Police have a much wider swath than some local dipshit flying his drone does.

Possibly he should face a small crime for discharging a weapon but as far as shooting down the drone, fuck no.

I'm with you on this. If I can't hit the thing with a bat I'll take my chances with a shotgun and let a judge decide if discharging a shotgun within the city limits trumps invasion of privacy.

[andy7171]

I voted no.

Then I saw BDK and Alphie agreed with me.



MUST RESET THE UNIVERSE

[andy7171]

Sending a drone (with our without a camera) into somebody else's yard is unlawful entry... period the end

So, would this guy have shot at a police helicopter, with or without a camera?

Jesu Cristo!

1- there are people inside.

2- they're the police

3- people and police!

[Pwns]

Sending a drone (with our without a camera) into somebody else's yard is unlawful entry... period the end

Only the government can do that.