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unhappycamper

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Thu Jan 16, 2014, 09:24 AM Jan 2014

Colorado town declares open season on drones

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-c1-colorado-drones-20140116-dto,0,3033130.htmlstory



Deer Trail, Colo., Mayor Frank Fields’ anti-drone message could be seen from Interstate 70 before it was stolen. He initially put it up as a joke, but now he’s signing off on drone-hunting licenses.

Colorado town declares open season on drones
By Matt Pearce
Reporting from Deer Trail, Colorado
January 15, 2014

Wearing a black duster and a black cowboy hat, Phil Steel walked to the front of the meeting room armed with a Nerf gun and a smile.

~snip~

Steel had hammered out the 2,800-word ordinance in just four hours. Its key points:

When a drone flies into its airspace, Deer Trail will consider it an act of war.

You can only shoot at drones flying lower than 1,000 feet.
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