Shooting down drones - legal question

[Gaz]

I've just seen someone ask this question elsewhere on the internet and I thought it might be a bit of a light-hearted distraction from all the NRA and police woes and moans.

"Do I own the airspace above my garden, and to what height may I use air rifle to shoot down drones over my garden?"

Discuss. :lol:

[Blackstuff]

Unless theres no wind and you can shoot the drone when its 90 degrees above you i doubt you're going to be able to keep the pellet within your boundaries.

I'm presuming given the arm of choice was an air rifle we're taking about quadcopters and the like, rather than Predators or Reapers :lol: That being the case a shoelace/stone bolas would be just as effective and not get you in the soup. Well, apart from with the irate drone owner :55:

[waterford103]

get your own "killer " drone , engage in combat , destroy the intruder and go back to base --- simples --- and such fun ;¬))

[Tony-c]

we have a local guy that flies these around the houses and quite close to them, I didnt realise until the weekend just what they do, the video from them is amazing, I was chatting with some guys that race them, through woods etc, couldnt undertsand how they see where they going until they showed me the FPV? setup

in one direction I have huge field, and next opportunity I think a catapult might have to have a go at it LOL

[Tony-c]

or I suppose the safer legal approach be to buy some cheapy RC heli things from the market and "crash" into it LOL

[Mike357]

There is a lot of regulation in place already from the CAA and EuroUSC about what a UAV Operator can and cannot do. Sadly, most hobbyists and some commercial operators seem to ignore it. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't shoot down a helicopter or a plane in the airspace above your garden so UAVs are no different. Criminal damage, reckless discharge of an air rifle blah blah blah.

If you are bothered by irresponsible UAV operators, I'd phone the police! They are prone to malfunction, fly aways and crashes are not uncommon so there is potential risk of damage to property and injury.

[Tony-c]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOp2n1VnfU

[techguy]

Easy.. get a hawk :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhDG_WBIQgc

[Tony-c]

haha never thought of that, wonder if my mate let me borrow Samson his eagle, should make short work of a toy helicopter.

[hitchphil]

get your own "killer " drone , engage in combat , destroy the intruder and go back to base --- simples --- and such fun ;¬))

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