In one of the odder efforts to “protect” Fourth Amendment rights, a small town in Colorado has taken to the practice of “drone hunting.” Led by Phil Steel, the Deer Tail drone hunters have proposed an ordinance that seeks “to defend the sovereign airspace of the Town of Deer Trail, Colorado, and that of its citizens, their homes, businesses, related properties and interests, from unwanted incursions by small unmanned aerial vehicles (popularly referred to as ‘drones’).”
Of course, there aren’t any drones in Deer Tail’s air space — and I wouldn’t recommend flying your favorite quadcopter there. However, Steel et al. can expect some cash flow from their $25 drone hunting licenses, which provide English speakers over the age of 18 with the “right” to fire at drones cruising at less than 1,000 feet.
Read more at Al Jazeera America here.
