Florida man arrested after shooting at sheriff's office first responder drone

@ElMarko64 My pellet rifle would take that drone down, for sure. It will go through a sheet of plywood then the wall behind it, no joke.

@JobyFluorine Well a .177 is more powerful than a BB

@ElMarko64 "Well a .177 is more powerful than a BB". Yeah, you're right. The pellets definitely have more mass than a BB, and now I'm wondering if a round ball has decent accuracy because of ballistics.

@ElMarko64 If the BB strikes the props on the drone, it most likely WILL come down.

@454Roy The law classifies a thrown rock as an unguided missile. Yep,really.

@Gutshot I don't know about inaccurate. I have a .22 caliber pellet rifle and it's accurate enough to headshot a rabbit at 40 yards at least. That's the longest straight line of sight on my small property, and that's a pretty small target. It's also powerful enough to go through a target paper, a sheet of cardboard, 1/2" bc plywood, 1/2" sheetrock, spun glass insulation, and a sheet of T-111.

@deadtedw Yup, under federal law, drones are considered aircraft, and shooting at one is treated as a federal offense. The FAA classifies drones, regardless of size, as part of the U.S. national airspace system, and damaging one is no different than sabotaging an airplane.

Title 18 U.S. Code § 32, known as the Aircraft Sabotaging Act, makes it a crime to “set fire to, damage, destroy, disable, or wreck any aircraft.” This includes drones, which are specifically listed under the FAA’s interpretation of aircraft. Even if the drone appears to be invading your privacy, discharging a weapon at it is illegal and can result in serious criminal charges, including prison time and substantial civil penalties.

@HitlerWasBased Are you seriously trying to justify their reckless actions?

@chechnya Has anti-drone technology gone too far???

@essence25 It doesn't matter whatsoever. You idiots talk like liberals like it's okay to shoot anything at a police drone.