LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A man arrested Wednesday in Lake County is accused of rendering thousands of dollars in damage to a drone that he shot as it attempted to make a delivery for Walmart.
Dennis Winn, 72, faces charges of shooting or throwing a deadly missile into dwellings, vessels, or vehicles, criminal mischief above $1,000, and discharging a firearm in public or on residential property, records show.
Pretty good shooting/using a pistol!
ReplyDeleteThat was my first thought too.
DeleteOh great, now we're going to be required to have a license and migratory stamp to hunt drones. What is this world coming to? It's not like they are endangered.
ReplyDeleteShould have kept his mouth shut.
ReplyDeleteYou own 83 feet (25 meters) above the ground. The charges sound like he was in a residential area where you aren't supposed to be shooting. Unfortunately, the FAA has classified drones as "aircraft" making it illegal to shoot down. If I was a conspiracy theorist, I would suspect they did that so that when the FBI is illegally conducting surveillance and you shoot down their drone, they have some charge to pin on you to distract from their illegal activity.
ReplyDeleteThe hero we need.
ReplyDeleteIt ought to be a law those damn things should fly 100' above residential areas. Using GPS when it gets to the house then it needs to be drop straight down to said house. Take off the same, straight up to 100' then head back to base. This flying over peoples back yards is done just to be assholes.
ReplyDeleteBased on my aviation training (which may be out of date), no aircraft is allowed below 500 feet AGL over populated areas.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing in the statute that allows individuals to perform their own eradication of aircraft that violate that rule. So a good rule of thumb is to ensure that whatever anti-aircraft weapon is employed, be sure to destroy the offending aircraft so there is no evidence of the encounter. /s