Kentucky man shoots down drone spying

[3 putt pete]

I take it Amazon will not be delivering by drones in Kentucky :0003

That might be a problem when Kentucky gets internet access :0003

 

[SixFive]

That might be a problem when Kentucky gets internet access :0003

very true. Did you know the guy in your avatar played college football in Kentucky? He actually played right here in BG.

 

[3 putt pete]

very true. Did you know the guy in your avatar played college football in Kentucky? He actually played right here in BG.

Have some friends in the BG area that have a nice spread and own some race horses ( pacers). Last time we were there we had subs at some place name Mancinos or something close to that. Also did the Corvette hall of fame and some of the distilleries down your way. I enjoyed our little stay there.

 

[SixFive]

Have some friends in the BG area that have a nice spread and own some race horses ( pacers). Last time we were there we had subs at some place name Mancinos or something close to that. Also did the Corvette hall of fame and some of the distilleries down your way. I enjoyed our little stay there.

very nice! Mancinos is correct. This is a nice area.

 

[JT]

Maybe the guy watched the last Bourne movie with Jeremy Renner too many times and felt paranoid?

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[kneifl]

Just wait until they start to fly those things over the hills in the moonshiner areas. They'll be dropping like flies. Planes fly above so many feet just so they don't get shot at. One of my friends is a pilot and says he still flies high in those areas to this day. I'm sure Amazon is aware of this if they ever intend on flying those though, I think that's many years away and Bezos was just trying to get some PR in that interview.

kneifl

 

[smurphy]

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[smurphy]

I think most of these drones should be shot down. Finally, a good reason to own a gun!:0074

 

[theGibber1]

Kentucky man shoots down drone spying on 16-year-old daughter

http://www.dailydot.com/technology/kentucky-drone-shooting/?fb_ref=Default

Where should we draw the line between the advancement of technology and the protection of personal privacy? For one Kentucky man, his property line is where he gets to make the call, and he made that point of view perfectly clear when he pointed his shotgun at a drone hovering in his backyard and pulled the trigger.

"It was just right there. It was hovering. I would never have shot it if it was flying," William Merideth said in an interview with Ars Technica. "When he came down with a video camera right over my back deck, that's not going to work."


Merideth claims that the drone was first spotted hovering over his neighbor's house?a claim his neighbor confirms?and he had no intentions of taking any actions against it until it entered onto his own property. Merideth's 16-year-old daughter was laying out by their pool at the time, and when the drone pilot decided to stop his vehicle and get an electronic eyeful, he decided enough was enough.
The homeowner fetched his shotgun and pumped three helpings of birdshot into the $1,800 drone, taking it out of the air in short order. Shortly thereafter, the drone pilot and three of his friends arrived at Merideth's property.
"If you cross that sidewalk onto my property, there's going to be another shooting," Merideth says he told the men.
The police eventually arrived and Merideth was charged with first-degree criminal mischief and first-degree wanton endangerment, both related to his discharge of the firearm. The 47-year-old Merideth is confident that the charges will be reduced or thrown out entirely once his trial date arrives.

Saw an article that said the owners of the drone were "taking pictures of his neighbors house. Not his house."

Why all the sudden is shit like this acceptable?? If you are not Google maps. Don't take pictures of my property

 

[gardenweasel]

Saw an article that said the owners of the drone were "taking pictures of his neighbors house. Not his house."

Why all the sudden is shit like this acceptable?? If you are not Google maps. Don't take pictures of my property

a great way for sophisticated burglars to case your property(and family) from afar....and what about a drone that can hover higher and has a high powered telephoto lense?......

this guy gets prosecuted for disposing of a pervcam (or worse) spying on his property...bizarro world...a nightmare...