{"id":14308,"date":"2012-05-23T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T19:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=14308"},"modified":"2012-05-23T15:32:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T19:32:24","slug":"some-domestic-drones-may-get-rubber-bullets-tear-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/14308\/some-domestic-drones-may-get-rubber-bullets-tear-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Domestic Drones May Get Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I wrote in my column<\/a> that \u201cSo far, consensus around the FAA\u2019s thinking indicates that domestic drones would not be approved to fly with weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was in reference to the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s announcement that it will ease restrictions on civilian use of unmanned drones for use in surveillance and research.\u00a0 The institutions most interested in using drones are law enforcement entities ranging from the FBI to local police departments.<\/p>\n

Now, consider this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel of the Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Texas told The Daily that his department is considering using rubber bullets and tear gas on its drone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are things that law enforcement utilizes day in and day out and in certain situations it might be advantageous to have this type of system on the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle),\u201d McDaniel told The Daily.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer<\/a> was criticized last week for saying, \u201cI don\u2019t want regulations, I don\u2019t want restrictions, I want a ban on this.\u201d\u00a0 Call it a slippery slope or inevitable logic, but Krauthammer\u2019s instinct was right.\u00a0 Regulations and restrictions open the door for interpretations like the Texas sheriff\u2019s office; i.e. that a drone \u2013 apparently unlike a police cruiser or helicopter \u2013 is a physical extension of a cop and should be equipped with rubber bullets and tear gas.\u00a0 If this is allowed, there is no logical reason to prohibit other more lethal devices.<\/p>\n

In his comments, Krauthammer said that \u201cthe first guy who uses a Second Amendment weapon to bring a drone down that\u2019s been hovering over his house is going to be a folk hero in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not if the drone shoots him first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, I wrote in my column that \u201cSo far, consensus around the FAA\u2019s thinking indicates that domestic drones would not be approved to fly with weapons.\u201d That was in reference to the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s announcement that it will ease restrictions on civilian use of unmanned drones for use in surveillance and research.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1986,2200,3160,1201,220],"class_list":["post-14308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-charles-krauthammer","tag-drone","tag-gun","tag-police","tag-second-amendment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14308"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14315,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14308\/revisions\/14315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}