"Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:
>
> Dan Fabulich wrote:
> >
> > > > Dont worry Mike, I dont want to spy on you. {8-] spike
> > >
> > > I'm sure you don't, I have good anti-air defenses for flying things 15
> > > cm in size. My 20 guage shotgun that is perfect for woodcock, with #9
> > > shot, would take our your little spy plane at anything less than 50
> > > yards, and with magnum loads I could make shots of around 75-100 yards
> > > altitude. Anything higher and I'd have to bring out the goose gun.... 10
> > > guage #6 magnum loads.... Happy flying....
> >
> > Yes, but you'd have to know it was a spy plane, right? I mean, you're not
> > just going to whip out your goose gun and take pot shots at any moderately
> > low-flying plane that buzzes over your property... right?
>
> Its my property, right? Since there is no law AGAINST shooting down
> model airplanes that trespass on ones property, then it must be open
> season..
Well, yeah, but a lot of municipalities tend to get a bit excited about
"discharging a firearm within city limits". The neighbors might also
object to having birdshot raining out of the sky (what goes up...).
It would be more sneaky to just poke the snooper's eye out with a pulsed
laser, or nondestructively track it with a 5-watt argon laser. The
latter might suffice to discourage paparazzi in a helicopter at
celebrity events (although a stinger missile mockup would be more fun).
I get an image of Mike mistakenly laser-zapping an inquisitive raven-
squawwwk!
-- Doug Jones Rocket Plumber, XCOR Aerospace http://www.xcor-aerospace.com
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