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Citizens Shoot Down Animal Rights Group’s Surveillance Drone
« on: February 17, 2012, 01:58:20 PM »
A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation Sunday.
 
Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter drone to video what he called a live pigeon shoot on Sunday when law enforcement officers and an attorney claiming to represent the privately-owned plantation near Ehrhardt tried to stop the aircraft from flying.
 
"It didn't work; what SHARK was doing was perfectly legal," Hindi said in a news release. "Once they knew nothing was going to stop us, the shooting stopped and the cars lined up to leave."
 
He said the animal rights group decided to send the drone up anyway.
 
"Seconds after it hit the air, numerous shots rang out," Hindi said in the release. "As an act of revenge for us shutting down the pigeon slaughter, they had shot down our copter."
 
He claimed the shooters were "in tree cover" and "fled the scene on small motorized vehicles."
 
"It is important to note how dangerous this was, as they were shooting toward and into a well-travelled highway," Hindi stated in the release. He said someone from SHARK called the Colleton County Sheriff's Department, which took a report of the incident.
 
The Colleton County Sheriff's Department filed a malicious damage to property incident report.
 
According to the report, Hindi told the responding deputy the group's remote-controlled aircraft "was hovering over U.S. 601 when he heard a shot come from the wood line. The shot sounded to him that it was of small caliber."
 
The incident report went on to state that "once shot, the helicopter lost lift and crash landed on the roadway of U.S. 601."
 
The deputy noted in the report that he was unable to speak to anyone at Broxton Bridge Plantation following the incident.
 
Hindi estimated damage to the drone at around $200 to $300.
 
Hindi said he will seek charges against those who shot down the drone.
 
"This was SHARK's first encounter with the Broxton Bridge Plantation, but it will certainly not be the last," Hindi said in the release. "We are already making plans for a considerably upscaled action in 2013."
 
http://thetandd.com/animal-rights-group-says-drone-shot-down/article_017a720a-56ce-11e1-afc4-001871e3ce6c.html
 
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Re: Citizens Shoot Down Animal Rights Group’s Surveillance Drone
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2012, 03:54:59 PM »
Looks like we need to develop a really long range shotgun, say the return of the 8 gauge or a 4 bore, specialized wads, something that would put a really good 96" pattern at 125 yards. 8)
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Re: Citizens Shoot Down Animal Rights Group’s Surveillance Drone
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2012, 04:50:09 PM »
Or a stinger

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Re: Citizens Shoot Down Animal Rights Group’s Surveillance Drone
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2012, 07:41:34 AM »
Since those little toys (I presume) use hobby shop remote controls it shouldn't be hard to take away control of them. Perhaps the Iranians can help ;D ;D   
 
 
 
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Re: Citizens Shoot Down Animal Rights Group’s Surveillance Drone
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2012, 10:50:25 AM »
And so another excuse to control domestic terrorism. You know! To keep the subjects from fighting each other.They prob shot down their own chopper to cause a stink!
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Re: Citizens Shoot Down Animal Rights Group’s Surveillance Drone
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2012, 12:54:16 AM »
To be honest I could see myself shooting down an RC chopper if the group were harrassing me on my private land. 
 
Whoever made that shot did a good job.  I'd like to shake their hand.
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Re: Citizens Shoot Down Animal Rights Group’s Surveillance Drone
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2012, 02:58:38 AM »
I wonder what the definition of a R/C toy is and remote controlled drone is? At this time I think you need a FAA waiver to fly a remote controlled drone. Even though the chopper was probably a common R/C toy it was not being used for recreational purposes but for commercial reasons. Would that then make it a drone? It is also not safe to fly that thing over a highway, could have struck a vehicle from just lost of control for whatever reasons. Imagine being on a motorcycle at 70mph and having that thing run into you.
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Re: Citizens Shoot Down Animal Rights Group’s Surveillance Drone
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2012, 05:49:29 AM »
Give the shooter an "atta boy" sharpshooter's medal. 

I wonder, how high do "air rights" of property extend?  Maybe the "drone" was trespassing? ;D
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Re: Citizens Shoot Down Animal Rights Group’s Surveillance Drone
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2012, 05:53:09 PM »
What the heck gives them the right to fly that little buzzard over private property?
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