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2016-08-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Woman shoots drone: "It hovered for a second and I blasted it to smithereens."

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Posted by gorb 2016-08-30 01:09|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Go girl. One question, .410 or the 20 gauge. Ic it was the .410 WOW

Posted by Cheaderhead 2016-08-30 06:06|| 2016-08-30 06:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Good shooting.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-08-30 07:47|| 2016-08-30 07:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Fox link and video.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-08-30 08:31|| 2016-08-30 08:31|| Front Page Top

#4 I am happily married.... Um

Posted by Shipman 2016-08-30 09:15|| 2016-08-30 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Uses words like smithereens and ostentatious. Can shoot. Can cuss.

At picnic, not sure whether to serve tea, wine, or whiskey.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-08-30 09:38|| 2016-08-30 09:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Duvall's character Lt. Kilgore in Apocalypse Now: "Good shooting! Get ya a case of beer for that one..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2016-08-30 09:46|| 2016-08-30 09:46|| Front Page Top

#7 decisionalso specifically mentioned a "minimum safe altitude of flight" at 500 feet--leaving the zone between 83 and 500 feet as a legal gray area.

Using a small gauge shotgun and birdshot suggests the drone must have been flying pretty damned close to that woman for her to take it down.

Conclusion: the creeps were deliberately buzzing the lady, case closed.

Posted by regular joe 2016-08-30 11:11|| 2016-08-30 11:11|| Front Page Top

#8 that last quote is a keeper

Posted by Frank G 2016-08-30 11:19|| 2016-08-30 11:19|| Front Page Top

#9 "At picnic, not sure whether to serve tea, wine, or whiskey."

Embrace the power of 'and'.

Posted by GORT 2016-08-30 13:45|| 2016-08-30 13:45|| Front Page Top

#10 ...Northern Virginia girls, I tell ya.

Married one, I did. This doesn't surprise me.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-08-30 17:30|| 2016-08-30 17:30|| Front Page Top

#11 States are missing a bet here. Sell drone hunting licenses.

Posted by james 2016-08-30 19:15|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2016-08-30 19:15|| Front Page Top

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