Colorado town considers drone-hunting licence

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BrianSharpe
BrianSharpe Posts: 9,247 Member
edited January 30 in Chit-Chat
A funny news item I saw today......
The privacy implications around U.S. law enforcement employing domestic drones has driven a town in Colorado to considering allowing residents to shoot down the unmanned aerial vehicles.

A sardonic ordinance to allow residents of Deer Trail (pop. 546 as of the 2010 census) to purchase drone-hunting licences - as well as offer bounties on the crafts - has now moved into the realm of possibility.

The mayor of Deer Trail expects the ordinance to be passed by town council at its next meeting in August. It would allow residents over the age of 21 to purchase a $25 licence - without a background check - to shoot down drones that enter the town's airspace by using either a 12- or 24-gauge shotgun.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/07/colorado-town-considers-drone-hunting-licence.html?cmp=fbtl

I'd buy a license, but I've never had much luck as a hunter........

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  • ScottF83
    ScottF83 Posts: 233 Member
    haha that's amazing! I can imagine those Americans loving that.

    We British don't usually own guns so we'd have to fling our copies of The Daily Mail and crumpets at them. Hope it clogs the propellers.
  • britttttx3
    britttttx3 Posts: 458
    Haha, sounds like a sweet idea....I need a drone hunting liscence XD
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