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What are the legal implications for taking down an unidentified drone hovering over your private property?
by iAMkenough 3y ago
What are the legal implications for taking down an unidentified drone hovering over your private property?
- bozhark 3y agoWonder how much they differ for physical and non-physical intervention
- sp332 3y agoIf you cause interference that crashes a drone, you'll have the FCC and the FAA up your ass.
- teeray 3y agoWell, since it’s legally an aircraft, it’s a felony
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago> What are the legal implications https://xkcd.com/1523/ https://xkcd.com/1523/
- officialchicken 3y agoThere are no legal means to take down a drone in NYC. And the implied assumption that the same rules and laws apply to NYPD as the citizens is ridiculous at best.
- lacrimacida 3y agoWhat are the consequence of taking them down though? If they fly low enough even an arrow could do so. If they’re high enough in the air some sort of firearm could do away with it Im thinking… I guess that would equate to shooting at NYPD propery but would a costly investigation be worth it?
- chomp5977 3y agoFiring a weapon in the air is a supremely bad idea. Especially in a city. ESPECIALLY in NYC.
- psunavy03 3y agoIf you're willing to shoot a firearm in the air to take out a drone in a crowded city, you have no business being within arm's reach of any firearm unsupervised, regardless of how old you are.
- lacrimacida 3y agoIm not willing to do so but someone will, and an ingenious person could use a silncer or something that obfuscates their location. While Im impressed with the development of drone tech I don’t think suddently they’re invincible in any way…
- atmavatar 3y ago"I might get caught if I don't use a silencer" is hardly GP's point. Short of using a rail gun, your projectile is unlikely to reach escape velocity.
- omniglottal 3y agoYou don't need "escape velocity", and a suitable PCP can be mail-ordered.
- Nifty3929 3y agoThe penalty is that your life will be turned over, you will give all your money to lawyers, and then you will spend a lot of time in jail.
- jakelazaroff 3y agoHi! I live in NYC too. Please don’t fire a gun into the air! As much as I dislike NYPD surveillance, it’s better than being killed by a falling bullet!
- rolph 3y agolets go fly a kite,,,with a good bit of monofilament in the tail so its sturdy.
- yogurthewise 3y agolol what if you have one of these? Or something equivalent? https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/tactical-drone-jammer-gun/ https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/tactical-drone-jammer-gun/
- dhx 3y agoI don't think the 50 hawks bred in your backyard can be prosecuted?
- jstarfish 3y agoTraining a bald eagle to take them down would certainly cause some chaos.
- lacrimacida 3y agoI havent thought of that and it’s quite ingenious and hard to prove legally who’s behind it.
- Nifty3929 3y agoThey don’t need to prove anything. They will know it’s the local hawk guy. That person will then sped all his or her money on lawyers, and then spend a long time in jail.
- lacrimacida 3y agoWith this technology flourishing I wouldn’t be surprised seeing more and more hawks as ‘pets’ though. Don’t underestimate the reaction to any abusive tech, the achilles heel may be even easier than that to strike
- uptown 3y agoIt’s been done: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-35750816 https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-35750816
- tzs 3y agoThere's probably no legal way to do that in the US. Bald eagles (and Golden eagles) have special protection under Federal law which essentially makes having anything to do with them a felony unless you are a zoo or are a Native American using the eagle for religious purposes, and even then you need to get a permit.
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- xwdv 3y agoYou will end up in Federal Prison with no chance of parole. It is a felony to shoot down aircraft. Do not do it, it’s not cool.
- flangola7 3y agoLegal or not I personally know a number of individuals who would down these without any hesitation. It is on their property and is not a human being: fair game as far as they are concerned.
- Ao7bei3s 3y agoIt is not, in fact, on their property. The airspace belongs to the public. It is ironic that they would deprive others of their property rights in the name of perceived property rights. I would certainly hope for a felony conviction in such a case. I have no sympathy for people who would use weapons to illegally enrich themselves at the expense of others. And by the way, as has been decided this year (though it might yet be appealed) in the Wyoming border crossing case, even using a ladder to cross through the airspace above private lands is not trespassing.
- flangola7 3y agoWho said anything about enrichment? We have a right to privacy and quiet enjoyment. Corporations aren't people, they don't have moral rights. If shooting/netting them down catches on they can't arrest everyone. "Father becomes imprisoned felon for taking down invasive corporate/government drone that spied on their home" will not be a headline that garners sympathy for the drone operator.
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