Missouri Lawmakers Advance Bans On Drones, UN Program

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

Missouri Lawmakers Advance Bans On Drones, UN Program
Posted: 04/05/2013 6:33 pm EDT

Missouri lawmakers advanced two bills this week that would outlaw the government use of drones -- though they are rare in the state -- and the implementation of Agenda 21, the United Nation's program promoting sustainability, though it simply makes recommendations.

The drone ban advanced in the Republican-controlled state House on Tuesday, while the Republican-controlled Senate advanced the Agenda 21 ban Wednesday. Democrats immediately attacked Republicans for the legislation, saying the bills are ignoring real problems in the state, including the economy, healthcare and education. Both bills have to clear the other chamber before being able to advance to Gov. Jay Nixon (D).

"We have a got a bunch of actual real issues like unemployment that is too high and underfunded schools," state Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) told The Huffington Post. "These guys are making up things to be concerned about, that is paranoid-level stuff. They don't have any ideas to fix the actual problems and it's easier to come up with made-up solutions to made-up problems."

State Rep. Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany), the sponsor of the drone ban, told his colleagues that the bill was needed to prevent spying on property and people, stltoday.com reported, though drones are not exactly common in Missouri. Under the terms of the bill, law enforcement would need to get warrants to use drones. The bill does allow for colleges and universities to use drones for research and educational purposes, which has been an issue in other states.


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1. Good for them. nt

[struggle4progress]

3. Yeah, we wouldn't want to follow any sustainability recommendations, now, would we?

[gordianot]

2. Odd they would take that position in that Boeing is so huge in St.Louis & strange aircraft at Whitman

Do they really think the Federal government cares at any level what bill they pass? Who is to say what hobbyist put on their remote control planes and helicopters and when is it a drone. Stupidity reigns supreme in Jefferson City.

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4. This makes perfect sense if you remember

that in the past some Republican lawmakers have been convicted of helping their "friends" at processing plants owned by the likes of Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill and National Beef clandestinely ship in undocumented workers at their processing plants. They wouldn't want drones to be able to track the trucks coming in from Mexico.