Ok, it looks like I was wrong about the CA case - the report I saw in a different link said the drone flew over the shooter’s property. Apparently then, it might help differentiate this case.
Believe me or not, you can’t expect privacy in your own yards according to some courts!
http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/law-regarding-expectation-of-privacy-in-your-backy-1070251.html
But a drone is a physical invasion - more like trespass than voyeurism.
Exactly. Why couldn’t this be considered trespassing?
The FAA and the local jurisdictions need to sort this out, IMO, pronto! How high should an object fly or what the purpose of the flying is to constitute trespassing? It looks like the pro-drone coalition is lawyering up very quickly.
Where is ACLU when we need them?
Maybe we all need to build sling shot net shooters like this guy 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDcwas2pPFk
or this guys net gun
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Net-Gun/
There is money to be made!
DroneShield deployed at the 2015 Boston Marathon:
^^Yours for only $129. Nice link, Bunsen.
That is a pretty cool device.
Human ingenuity is pretty impressive sometimes.
I would be interested in when they go IPO.
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/weird/Drone-Shot-Down-Lower-Township-277605811.html
This happened last year a couple miles from where I live part-time. Not sure why he shot over his neighbor’s house, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it had flown over his as well.
And that’s when I found out that apparently there’s nothing you can do about it in New Jersey (legally).
We definitely need some rules about this. I’m not a gun person, but I would like to take down anything flying on my property. And I don’t think my property ends at ground level.
This is ridiculous. He could have just gone inside. Geez. A man and his gun… so what if its buckshot.
The article said he was charged with criminal mischief and wanton endangerment. I wouldn’t doubt if these charges are from firing a weapon within city limits rather than destroying property. You’d have to know the laws in the city. It may come down to whether Kentucky has a ‘make my day’ law and if so, did he feel a threat to himself or others on the property. If someone throws an $1800 frisbee over my fence, it’s mine until they sue me for it, then we’ll see. Unless I fired a gun and danced around hootin’ and hollerin’, I don’t think there are any charges.
BBs do NOT go far or fast.
We had a raccoon that was annoying our dog, and getting into the vegetable garden.
We shot it with a BB gun, at his chest.
It didn’t even pierce the fur.The raccoon, just gave us a look that said " Ya think?", and brushed them off.
Someone who is on their own property, should not have to hide inside to get away from a drone.
The way I see it, those using the drone may have been scouting places to steal from.
That shouldn’t be legal.
Here people scouting prospectve burglary/home invasion prospects walk around with a clipboard, or they pretend they are lost and just need to use the phone or money for the bus, but I expect that drones could easily be utilized.
Pretty creepy.
Using a drone to scout out potential burglary sites? How 21st century!
Why do * you* think they were filming his property?
Who said they were filming?
wild. If a drone flew into my yard while I was sitting out there, I’d look around to see if I could figure out where it came from, and if not, I’d go inside until it went away. You don’t need a sledgehammer to kill a fruitfly.
But you are entitled to use your entire property, including outside, with an expectation of privacy.
So call the police. If someone’s kid or dog wandered into your yard, or if the kid was snooping in your garage, would you shoot? Good grief-- the solution to a momentary interruption in privacy is not to pull out a weapon.
Um, I’m not saying that random shooting is a good thing, but good grief–you are equating a piece of spying machinery with a kid or dog???