Well this just beats all.
Animal rights activists want to sic drones on their enemies:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is actively shopping for a drone that would “stalk hunters,” the organization said Monday.
The group says it will “soon have some impressive new weapons at its disposal to combat those who gun down deer and doves” and that it is “shopping for one or more drone aircraft with which to monitor those who are out in the woods with death on their minds.”
I’m tempted to say that Animal Farm has finally met up with Brave New World, but much as I dislike PETA, I kind of prefer private Orwellianism to government Orwellianism. I mean, if PETA can do this, then so can PETA’s enemies, and so on.
Why, for example, shouldn’t the opponents of the constitution-violating, criminal ATF have just as much right to use drones as the ATF? (Or fill in the blank with whatever unconstitutional alphabet soup agency you want to drone in on.)
And hey, if drones fly over private property, should the property owners have the right to shoot them down?
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4 responses to “The playing field in the sky”
Harassing hunters is illegal in an awful lot of jurisdictions, with penalties ranging from monetary damages to jail time. I’d like nothing better than to see PETA and drones both get black eyes over this.
And yes, if a drone flies over your private property, you (should) have the right to shoot it down.
“And hey, if drones fly over private property, should the property owners have the right to shoot them down?”
One word. YES. And that includes government drones.
A number of years ago a small private airplane zeroed in on my place. We were both outside working in the yard. It kept circling overhead just high enough so we couldn’t see the pilot. This is prime California pot country so we figured it for the policia. After about the 3rd or 4th circle, we both gave them the finger, dropped our pants and bent over. The plane left.
Turned out it was my cousin and her husband who’d just got his pilot’s license.
I suggest the same response for a drone.