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X-47B Navy drone completes first ever unmanned carrier landing
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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 71597" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: 26px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Colorado town considers licensing bounty hunters to shoot down drones</span></strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Read more: <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN2stW6o" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00ff00">http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN2stW6o</span></a></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">The tiny town of Deer Trail, Colo. — barely more than a wide spot on Interstate 70 about 55 miles east of Denver, population 546 — is considering an ordinance that would authorize licensed bounty hunters to shoot down unmanned aircraft violating its “sovereign airspace.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">A six-page petition circulated by a resident says that the threat of surveillance from drones — regardless of who is piloting them — is a threat to “traditional American ideas of Liberty and Freedom” enjoyed by Deer Trail’s “ranchers, farmers, cowboys and Indians, as well as contemporary citizens.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Therefore, drone incursions are to be seen as acts of war.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Read more: <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN2xSsrx" target="_blank">Colorado town considers licensing bounty hunters to shoot down drones | The Daily Caller</a></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">According to the proposed ordinance, which will be considered by the town council at its next meeting on Aug. 6, prospective bounty hunters can get a one-year drone-hunting license for $25.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Proposed bounties will be $25 for those turning in the wings or fuselage of downed aircraft and $100 for mostly intact vehicles. To collect the bounty, the wreckage must have “markings, and configuration … consistent with those used by the United States federal government.”</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Such “trophies” then become the property of Deer Trail.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The ordinance spells out the rules of engagement. Shooters must use shotguns, 12-gauge or smaller, firing lead, steel or depleted uranium ammunition and they can’t fire on aircraft flying higher than 1,000 (a determination made using a range finder or a best guess). No weapons with rifled barrels allowed, and no tracer rounds.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">An “engagement” is limited to three shots at an aircraft every two hours. Being unable to bring down the drone within those guidelines, the petition notes, “demonstrates a lack of proficiency with the weapon.”</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Read more: <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN32sUX8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00ff00">http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN32sUX8</span></a></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Drones can become targets if the bounty hunter feels the aircraft is stalking them, if they maneuver as if they’re following someone, or if they display any weaponry.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">But if anyone accidentally shoots down a remote-controlled toy airplane, the proposed ordinance warns, “the owner of the toy remote control aerial vehicle shall be reimbursed for its full cost by the shooter.”</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Unless, that is, the toy aircraft was flying over the shooter’s property.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">“Throughout its history, the Town of Deer Trail has maintained its independence from all other political entities,” the ordinance reads. “Therefore, the Town of Deer Trail declares its supremacy over its territorial boundaries and, with respect to this ordinance, the supremacy and sovereignty of its airspace and its citizen’s right to defend the airspace of the town, their homes, businesses and related properties from unwanted incursions by unmanned aerial vehicles.”</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Phillip Steel, the citizen who circulated the petition, did not return an email from The Daily Caller News Foundation seeking comment, but in an article in the local I-70 Scout newspaper (posted on a town history <span style="color: #00ff00"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/schaffersdthistory" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00ff00">Facebook page</span></a></span>), he says he was motivated by recent revelations about domestic spying by the National Security Agency.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #00ff00">Read more: <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN387uOc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00ff00">http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN387uOc</span></a></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 71597, member: 13"] [COLOR=#00ff00][SIZE=7][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Colorado town considers licensing bounty hunters to shoot down drones[/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#00ff00][FONT=Times New Roman]Read more: [URL='http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN2stW6o'][COLOR=#00ff00]http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN2stW6o[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]The tiny town of Deer Trail, Colo. — barely more than a wide spot on Interstate 70 about 55 miles east of Denver, population 546 — is considering an ordinance that would authorize licensed bounty hunters to shoot down unmanned aircraft violating its “sovereign airspace.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]A six-page petition circulated by a resident says that the threat of surveillance from drones — regardless of who is piloting them — is a threat to “traditional American ideas of Liberty and Freedom” enjoyed by Deer Trail’s “ranchers, farmers, cowboys and Indians, as well as contemporary citizens.”[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Therefore, drone incursions are to be seen as acts of war.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Read more: [URL='http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN2xSsrx']Colorado town considers licensing bounty hunters to shoot down drones | The Daily Caller[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]According to the proposed ordinance, which will be considered by the town council at its next meeting on Aug. 6, prospective bounty hunters can get a one-year drone-hunting license for $25.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]Proposed bounties will be $25 for those turning in the wings or fuselage of downed aircraft and $100 for mostly intact vehicles. To collect the bounty, the wreckage must have “markings, and configuration … consistent with those used by the United States federal government.”[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]Such “trophies” then become the property of Deer Trail.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]The ordinance spells out the rules of engagement. Shooters must use shotguns, 12-gauge or smaller, firing lead, steel or depleted uranium ammunition and they can’t fire on aircraft flying higher than 1,000 (a determination made using a range finder or a best guess). No weapons with rifled barrels allowed, and no tracer rounds.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]An “engagement” is limited to three shots at an aircraft every two hours. Being unable to bring down the drone within those guidelines, the petition notes, “demonstrates a lack of proficiency with the weapon.”[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#00ff00][FONT=Times New Roman]Read more: [URL='http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN32sUX8'][COLOR=#00ff00]http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN32sUX8[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]Drones can become targets if the bounty hunter feels the aircraft is stalking them, if they maneuver as if they’re following someone, or if they display any weaponry.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]But if anyone accidentally shoots down a remote-controlled toy airplane, the proposed ordinance warns, “the owner of the toy remote control aerial vehicle shall be reimbursed for its full cost by the shooter.”[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]Unless, that is, the toy aircraft was flying over the shooter’s property.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]“Throughout its history, the Town of Deer Trail has maintained its independence from all other political entities,” the ordinance reads. “Therefore, the Town of Deer Trail declares its supremacy over its territorial boundaries and, with respect to this ordinance, the supremacy and sovereignty of its airspace and its citizen’s right to defend the airspace of the town, their homes, businesses and related properties from unwanted incursions by unmanned aerial vehicles.”[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]Phillip Steel, the citizen who circulated the petition, did not return an email from The Daily Caller News Foundation seeking comment, but in an article in the local I-70 Scout newspaper (posted on a town history [COLOR=#00ff00][URL='https://www.facebook.com/schaffersdthistory'][COLOR=#00ff00]Facebook page[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR]), he says he was motivated by recent revelations about domestic spying by the National Security Agency.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#00ff00]Read more: [URL='http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN387uOc'][COLOR=#00ff00]http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/colorado-town-considers-licensing-bounty-hunters-to-shoot-down-drones/#ixzz2ZN387uOc[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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