Man arrested for shooting down drone: Cites right to privacy

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  1. Texan

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    http://www.wdrb.com/story/29650818/...own-drone-cites-right-to-privacy#WNPoll147728

    These people were flying their drone with a camera 10 ft off the ground and apparently looking under patio covers and watching teenage girls sunbathe in a backyard with a 6 foot privacy fence. The father of one of the girls, after talking with other neighbors complaining about the drone, shot the drone out of the sky with his shotgun when it flew over his property.

    I think the guy is protecting his family. If they want to charge him with firing a gun in city limits, that's their business, but I wouldn't charge him. He did it safely with the right weapon (no bullet falling from the sky) and nobody was hurt. The dad plans on taking the drone owner to court. He is upset that the memory card wasn't confiscated for evidence from the drone before giving the drone back to the owner.
     
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    Judge comes down on side of drone shooter...
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    Judge rules man had right to shoot down drone over his house
    Technically Incorrect: A Kentucky judge dismisses all charges against William Merideth, saying the drone was an invasion of privacy.
     
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    Granny sez: If that dern Goony Bird flies past here agin, I'll shoot it !
     

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