72-year-old Florida man arrested after admitting he shot a Walmart delivery drone | He thought he was under surveillance
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Won't he get off since FL has that "right of protection" (or whatever they call it) law? One old guy got off after shooting a dad in a movie theater because he threw popcorn at the old guy, and the old guy "feared for his life"
Edit: the law is called "Stand Your Ground"
Nope - FAA law says shooting down a drone is the same as a manned aircraft. Felony.
That’s only if they charge them under federal law. No one has yet been charged under federal law for shooting down a drone. The answer is we don’t know.
"But they're spying on me with radio waves!"
Someone needs to take a look at this clown's hard drive, because I'd bet that he feels there's a reason "they" were spying on him.
Also, if "they" are spying on him with drones, they're presumably powerful people who think he's up to something. Why would he think it's a good idea to piss "them" off enough to use whatever they use after he's broken their drone?
In a real surveillance state, that'd be a one way ticket to interrogation.
All Chevron respect to the FAA, but that's also idiotic
i mean, I don't make the rules. I just have to know them. I am a licensed part 107 pilot.
I'm not picking on you, I'm astounded at the consequences of a delivery drone being the equivalent of a commercial jet.
(I'm not a pilot but I dabble in aviation law and I've run into a few weird things over the years)
I appreciate that. Thank you.
i highly doubt the consequences would be "equivalent". there is no minimum sentence, only a maximum. the law in question also doesn't distinguish between interfering with operation of the craft, damaging the craft, disabling it, or destroying it. it relies on judges to make those distinctions in sentencing. and a person who shoots down a commercial jet would be facing a ton of murder charges on top of whatever they're charged with for the jet.
Standing your ground is only applicable against truly threatening things like black kids in hoodie jackets.
"Stand your ground" is a right to self defense against violent crimes, like someone attacking you.
Surveillance isn't a violent crime, observers are not attackers, so Stand Your Ground wouldn't apply even if it was actually surveilling them (and certainly doesn't apply to the reality-a delivery drone that had nothing to do with the man at all).