Unfortunately, you don't own the airspace over your home.

Aug 23, 2019
10:17:57pm

tjngirlz All-American

All drones over .55lb are registered with the FAA. If you shoot it down, you are in violation of 18 USC 32. Even though it is a drone, it is considered an aircraft according to the code.

I don't know of a drone that can record sound (all you'd hear is buzzing). I doubt the drone operator heard anyone yelling at it. I'm sure they saw the gesturing, though.

In this type of situation, it is probably best to just find the guy and beat the snot out of him. It carries less penalties than destroying an aircraft. 🙂 If it happens to crash as it takes evasive action, you can track it back to the owner with the registration #. Thats how we busted a ring of train robbers. They crashed their drone in our train yard. I looked at the pictures, and it was all rail car serial #s. We contacted the FAA and traced it back to the owner. Police watched him for a while and caught him in the act.

Seriously, though. It's drone operators like that guy who give the rest of us a bad name.

-Part 107 Certified Drone Operator

securitymagazine

Before You Pull the Trigger: The Legal Implications of Shooting Down a Drone

It’s a scenario that isn’t hard for security professionals to imagine: Someone spots a drone hovering inside your secure facility’s perimeter, over your event, or during your emergency response operation. The drone’s presence is at best a nuisance, and at worst, might damage people or property, or interfere with your principle mission. What options do you have? The kneejerk response from most is, “shoot it down.” But that’s where things get complicated. There is no shortage of counter-UAS technology on the market, should you want . . .

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/88696-before-you-pull-the-trigger-the-legal-implications-of-shooting-down-a-drone

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