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You think a jury of my peers in rural Colorado is going to send me to prison for shooting down a drone that was endangering my family or property?

snoopy_telex 4y ago
xwdv 4y ago
You discharged a firearm wildly into the air with no concern for where the bullets may land. And you thought someone flying a drone was somehow a threat. Anyone ordering packages by drone now has to worry their items might not make it. You’re not coming off as a sane and stable individual. It is not clear that you will walk free, especially with the right jury.
- sparrish 4y ago
  I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you've never fired a gun. If I'm defending my family or property, I won't be firing wildly into the air. It'll be precise and I'll be aware of my target, what's behind it, and what's beside it (one of the 4 universal laws of firearm safety). My only concern for my neighbors will be if they get their shot off on the drone before I get mine. <grin>
  - xwdv 4y ago
    If you shoot a harmless drone it can be argued you’d probably shoot a delivery van as well, maybe kill a driver. Forget it man, you fire a gun at a delivery drone you’re going to prison. They will catch you.
    - sparrish 4y ago
      You must have missed this part in my first reply... "drone endangers my family or property" I'm not firing at any harmless drones or vans or anything that's not a threat. You must really love your drones and fear for their safety.
      - xwdv 4y ago
        How exactly does a drone endanger your family or property anymore than a delivery van? You haven’t made an effort to explain that, and I doubt you’d have a reason that makes shooting it down the only reasonable option. Shooting it is more likely to start a lithium fire or something when it crashes.
shadowgovt 4y ago
If Amazon's lawyers can convince the court that shooting down a drone is interference with interstate commerce (which has been widely construed to mean "commerce" in this day and age) and is therefore a violation of https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1951 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1951, then unless I misunderstand the process you would find yourself tried by a jury of your peers in Denver, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, or Durango. I'd say best of luck in such a case, because it'll be Amazon's telemetry on whether the drone was an actual threat over testimony that their lawyers will do their damnedest to prove unreliable (or at least less reliable than the avionics).

snoopy_telex 4y ago

xwdv 4y ago

You discharged a firearm wildly into the air with no concern for where the bullets may land. And you thought someone flying a drone was somehow a threat. Anyone ordering packages by drone now has to worry their items might not make it. You’re not coming off as a sane and stable individual. It is not clear that you will walk free, especially with the right jury.

sparrish 4y ago
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you've never fired a gun. If I'm defending my family or property, I won't be firing wildly into the air. It'll be precise and I'll be aware of my target, what's behind it, and what's beside it (one of the 4 universal laws of firearm safety). My only concern for my neighbors will be if they get their shot off on the drone before I get mine. <grin>
- xwdv 4y ago
  If you shoot a harmless drone it can be argued you’d probably shoot a delivery van as well, maybe kill a driver. Forget it man, you fire a gun at a delivery drone you’re going to prison. They will catch you.
  - sparrish 4y ago
    You must have missed this part in my first reply... "drone endangers my family or property" I'm not firing at any harmless drones or vans or anything that's not a threat. You must really love your drones and fear for their safety.
    - xwdv 4y ago
      How exactly does a drone endanger your family or property anymore than a delivery van? You haven’t made an effort to explain that, and I doubt you’d have a reason that makes shooting it down the only reasonable option. Shooting it is more likely to start a lithium fire or something when it crashes.

shadowgovt 4y ago

If Amazon's lawyers can convince the court that shooting down a drone is interference with interstate commerce (which has been widely construed to mean "commerce" in this day and age) and is therefore a violation of https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1951 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1951, then unless I misunderstand the process you would find yourself tried by a jury of your peers in Denver, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, or Durango. I'd say best of luck in such a case, because it'll be Amazon's telemetry on whether the drone was an actual threat over testimony that their lawyers will do their damnedest to prove unreliable (or at least less reliable than the avionics).