Colorado Town May Let Folks Shoot Down Drones, What Could Go Wrong?

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Town of Deer Trail considering hunting licenses for unmanned aerial vehicles, bounties for drones
'They fly in town, they get shot down,' man says

DEER TRAIL, Colo. - The small town of Deer Trail, Colorado is considering a bold move. The town board will be voting on an ordinance that would create drone hunting licenses and offer bounties for unmanned aerial vehicles.

Deer Trail resident, Phillip Steel, drafted the ordinance.

"We do not want drones in town," said Steel. "They fly in town, they get shot down."

Even though it's against the law to destroy federal property, Steel's proposed ordinance outlines weapons, ammunition, rules of engagement, techniques, and bounties for drone hunting.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/eastern-plains/town-of-deer-trail-considering-hunting-licenses-for-unmanned-aerial-vehicles-bounties-for-drones

http://wonkette.com/523008/colorado-town-may-let-folks-shoot-down-drones-what-could-go-wrong

[geek tragedy]

1. Future Rand Paul primary voters nt

[librechik]

2. Deer Trail is less of a town and more of an exclusive gated community

full of wealthy older extremely conservative armed wanna be Davy Crockets yearning to fulfill their dreams of quelling frontier uprisings in their front yards. They also seem to all have links to the defense and air industries.

I hope somebody wakes up and realizes that Deer Trail is not a remote outpost but a development very close to major highways and actual population centers. Also it's within a mile or so of one of the busiest RC airfields in the area at Chatfield.

Someone could get hurt.

[FSogol]

3. Why not sell dragon or flying elephant hunting licenses too?