I was just reading how Israel shot down a drone when it came into their airspace. I also know that here, airspace above 400 feet is US airspace regulated by the FAA. So what about the space below 400 feet, does that belong to the property owner? If my neighbor flies one of those new multi-rotor video recording personal drones over my house, can I legally shoot it down?
According to the second amendment you should legally be able to own nuclear weapons, anti-aircraft weapons and RPGs. Do what you need to do. Just think if someone broke into your house trying to steal $20 worth of copper pipe, you can gun them down no worries.
or maybe a crazed man is breaking down the door to try to rape your wife who is alone with a baby.
do you want to take away her right to self-defense?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think even the most pro-gun Republicans would support regulation of an anti-aircraft battery in someone's backyard. And you would be on the hook for any damage of property for metal falling out of the sky.
Israel does whatever the hell it wants
You have, and should exercise, the right to shoot down anything flying less than 400 feet above your property.
"The landowner has exclusive control of the immediate reaches of the enveloping atmosphere."
"Invasions of that airspace are in the same category as invasions of the surface."
United States vs Causby, 1946.
Randy Oldman wrote:
You have, and should exercise, the right to shoot down anything flying less than 400 feet above your property.
"The landowner has exclusive control of the immediate reaches of the enveloping atmosphere."
"Invasions of that airspace are in the same category as invasions of the surface."
United States vs Causby, 1946.
Except that you don't have the right to shoot anybody for entering your property on the surface either. There'd be a lot of dead mailmen, door-to-door salesmen, and Jehovah's Witnesses if that were the case.
You generally have a right to self defense so if you were attacked by a drone and it satisfied your state's requirements for self-defense, then you could shoot it down, assuming you were using a legal weapon like a shotgun and not a Stinger missile.
Crossing the Line wrote:
There'd be a lot of dead ... door-to-door salesmen, and Jehovah's Witnesses if that were the case.
If a dog come on my lawn I can shoot it, so why not a drone?
Crossing the Line wrote:
Except that you don't have the right to shoot anybody for entering your property on the surface either. There'd be a lot of dead mailmen, door-to-door salesmen, and Jehovah's Witnesses if that were the case.
You generally have a right to self defense so if you were attacked by a drone and it satisfied your state's requirements for self-defense, then you could shoot it down, assuming you were using a legal weapon like a shotgun and not a Stinger missile.
Did i miss the part where this conversation switched from "can i shoot video-recording drone" to "can i shoot the rocketeer or some other guy with a jetpack flying in my yard"????
The problem with shooting down a drone is the shooting. You can't just go shooting stuff in residential areas. If you had some other way of downing the drone, I'm sure that would be fine. If your neighbor drove a radio controlled car on you lawn and you smashed it, the cops would say, "well don't drive you car on his lawn next time, dummy." I don't see how a toy in your air space would be any different. You just can be firing shotguns into the air. You could try a pellet gun. A fishing pole or large kite might even do the trick.
If you do it, take a video because I guarantee it will go viral and you will be an Internet hero.
shoot it down wrote:
If a dog cr/ps on my lawn I can shoot it, so why not a drone?
Are you sure it's legal to shoot a dog on your lawn?
If you shot at it, it would exercise its right of self-defense and shoot back with a hellfire missile.
My friends and I shot a helicopter hovering over my house with a potato gun when we were in middle school. Judging from the repercussions of that incident, you may be in hot water.
brownsmith76 wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp5gAY6aIjAor maybe a crazed man is breaking down the door to try to rape your wife who is alone with a baby.
do you want to take away her right to self-defense?
Yes, the intruder is probably not going to kill her, so killing the intruder would be wrong.
A rape is not worth a human life.
You should just fire your shotgun (both barrels) through the door to scare the big bad drone away.
down drone wrote:
If you had some other way of downing the drone, I'm sure that would be fine.
Detecting and jamming the radio frequency would work. Or sending a stronger signal on that same frequency, you could even capture it intact.
You could also build your own drone and arm it with a paintball gun or air rifle. That would be enough to knock down most r/c aircraft.
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Bad Wigins wrote:
Detecting and jamming the radio frequency would work. Or sending a stronger signal on that same frequency, you could even capture it intact.
Would that work for a neighbor's loud stereo or boom boom box?