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Following columnist Charles Krauthammer’s observation that the first person to shoot down a surveillance drone on USZ soil will be a “folk hero,” gun enthusiasts in Texas have done precisely that as a protest against the use of spy drones on the American people.
Using consumer drones as target practice, Alex Jones and
the Steiner brothers tested out the best way to bring down the drones
on the 10,000 acre Steiner ranch as part of filming for Brothers in Arms, a new show which focuses on firearms and the second amendment. With spy drones now commercially available for less than
$1,000 dollars that are barely any different from the ones being used
by police departments to spy on the public, Jones and the Steiners made
short work of the devices during filming.
This was an exercise in pushing the message that the use
of surveillance drones in USZ skies must be politically shot down
because it represents a complete violation of the 4th amendment right to
privacy. Congress recently passed legislation paving the way for what the FAA predicts will be somewhere in the region of 30,000 drones in operation in US skies by 2020. Privacy advocates have warned that the FAA has not acted to establish any safeguards whatsoever, and that lawmakers are not holding the agency to account. In addition, A recently uncovered Air Force document circumvents laws and clears the way for the Pentagon to use drones to monitor the activities of Americans.
Incidents involving the drones in recent months have
hardly provided positive spin for the industry, which is why Americans
are set to witness a massive PR campaign
that will “bombard the American public with positive images and
messages about drones in an effort to reverse the growing perception of
the aircraft as a threat to privacy and safety.” Earlier this month, a mystery object,
thought to be a military or law enforcement drone, flying in controlled
airspace over Denver almost caused a catastrophic mid air crash with a
commercial jet. Last summer, police in North Dakota used a Predator drone to spy on a family who refused to give back back three cows and their calves that wandered onto their 3,000-acre farm.
Watch out for the next episode in which you’ll see a
full size drone blasted out of the sky. Watch the first installment of
Brothers in Arms below.
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