Should Citizens Shoot Down Drones?

There has been a lot of outrage about the revelations Snowden gave to us regarding the depths at which our government will sink. We are their enemies and they are spying on us all, it's that simple.

Among the new things we now know is that the government have and use drones inside U.S borders, over U.S cities and regular citizens like you and me. We're told, of course, they use the utmost control and oversight and never ever do anything unsavory with this radical new and invasive technology.

However, it seems like not everybody is on board with the  governments vast overstep of boundaries. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says the the FAA has announced that they are seeking to slow down drone flights. Senate hearings have taken place about the use of drones and private flying robots, smaller than military drones but capable of capturing plenty of personal data.

University of Washington School of Law Professor Ryan Calo acted as a witness at one round of hearings. He stated that drones are "basically flying smartphones."  In other words, they track locations, listen, record and do so from the sky.


Who's Doing it?

U.S. drone flights are conducted by a number of agencies, including the Air Force, Marine Corps and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. But others outside of the military also use the, like  law enforcement agencies, local police departments and even universities

Keep in mind, not all drones are created equal. There are those used by universities to study climate, altitude and other things, but never the less, all are capable of surveillance to one degree or another. Those used by the government are hi-tech, extremely capable of invading your privacy and even include face recognition capabilities. Some are also weaponized.

What Should We Do? 

There have been a few talks at the Federal government level about this problem. Sure, some of our legislators agree that drones are a problem. But as we all know, the government does and will do what they want.Aside from radical change in our power structure and the opinion of the puppeteers running he show, it seems unlikely that we'll rid the sky of drones.

In fact, we'll likely see more, not less, drone activity. Can you think of any examples where the government returned freedoms that it stole? Exactly, this is why it's vitally important to fight vigorously for every remaining bit of freedom we have.

The small town of Deer Trail, Colorado has an idea that I think should become a trend around the country or world. They are offering bounties for people to shoot down drones. They have some specific criteria in place, so it's not like they are just going crazy shooting things in the air. They are specifically trying to empower citizens against the power hungry, anit-privacy big-brother government that's now in place.

So, we're here to ask you what you think...should citizens start taking things into their own hands and shoot down government drones? Do you agree with the decision made by this small Colorado town?



Some article links for your own research:
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/how-drone-smartphone
http://news.yahoo.com/military-drones-prowl-us-skies-204238872.html