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Old and In the Way

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29. I wonder if the NRA would argue that the individual has a constitutional right

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 08:09 PM

Dec 2012

to weaponize a drone? This type of technology opens up whole new vistas of con law....do we all have the right to airspace over private homes you don't own?

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Dad's homemade drone follows kid to bus stop [View all] Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 OP

Is it armed? Renew Deal Dec 2012 #1

Follow up story: Son shoots down drown with paintball rifle Earth_First Dec 2012 #2

So, if a mountain lion drags junior off into the woods, he'll put his boots on and walk up there? Kolesar Dec 2012 #3

I had the same thought. Isn't the point of walking a little kid to bus stop to provide immediate Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #4

A dutiful German Shepherd would be what a kid would want for the walk Kolesar Dec 2012 #9

The kid? Or the German shepherd? Fawke Em Dec 2012 #23

It's Vermont. Dad just wants to build gadgets cali Dec 2012 #18

Los Angeles - every kid is driven to school, schools have traffic jams. no one walks Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #28

Why was he walking the kid to the bus stop in the first place? Brickbat Dec 2012 #5

depends on age of kids. "grade school" = 5 to 12. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #11

Of course they can. Mine did. cali Dec 2012 #19

The majority of children, with obvious exceptions, should be able to walk to school or bus stop at Brickbat Dec 2012 #20

Because the kid enjoys it? gkhouston Dec 2012 #30

I'm thinking that's not the issue. Brickbat Dec 2012 #32

I'll have to remember that excuse the next time I want a new toy.. X_Digger Dec 2012 #6

I am trying to imagine woo me with science Dec 2012 #7

When I was a kid? We would have mooned it, then tried to bean the camera with a rock. n/t gkhouston Dec 2012 #31

Okay, so wait... Javaman Dec 2012 #8

a "hilly" quarter mile with trees! Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #10

Hey, it's a quarter mile back to the house, too. Arkansas Granny Dec 2012 #12

and hilly, both ways. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #14

Always snowing too, with those damn ice pellets. nt Nay Dec 2012 #33

... Javaman Dec 2012 #15

He must *really* love his SportsCenter in the morning... Blue_Tires Dec 2012 #27

a quarter-mile walk is a drag? it's 15 minutes out of your life round-trip. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #13

He could have bought one for a couple of hundred hootinholler Dec 2012 #16

The dad is incredibly lazy. Terra Alta Dec 2012 #17

He's teaching his son ... surrealAmerican Dec 2012 #21

or maybe he just likes tinkering and making shit cali Dec 2012 #22

I like building gadgets too ... surrealAmerican Dec 2012 #25

If he's anything like me, yea just a DIY'er gone wild. tridim Dec 2012 #26

I'm sure that drone will be able to protect that kid Skidmore Dec 2012 #24

I wonder if the NRA would argue that the individual has a constitutional right Old and In the Way Dec 2012 #29