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North Dakota Becomes First State To Legalize Drones Weaponized With Tasers, Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets & Sound Cannons

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Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

It is now legal for law enforcement in North Dakota to fly drones armed with everything from Tasers to tear gas thanks to a last-minute push by a pro-police lobbyist.

 

With all the concern over the militarization of police in the past year, no one noticed that the state became the first in the union to allow police to equip drones with “less than lethal” weapons. House Bill 1328 wasn’t drafted that way, but then a lobbyist representing law enforcement—tight with a booming drone industry—got his hands on it.

 

– From the Daily Beast article: First State Legalizes Taser Drones for Cops, Thanks to a Lobbyist

You could see the writing on the walls years ago. In an increasingly authoritarian, lawless, surveillance state like America, it was always inevitable that drones would be weaponized. In North Dakota, this is now a reality.

Although I haven’t written much about domestic drones as of late, I published many articles on the topic several years ago. In the 2012 piece, Drones in America? They are Already Here…I warned:

Like with any new technology, drones can be put to good use or to evil use.  Just like nuclear power can harness energy or destroy humanity altogether, drones could do a lot of good, but the problem is that the government is clearly moving more and more towards a surveillance state so we must be extra careful.  Stay vigilant.

Apparently, North Dakotans weren’t particularly vigilant, and now the state has become the first in the nation to legalize weaponized drones; not a distinction they should be proud of. What started out as a bill to require police using drones for surveillance obtain warrants, turned into a law that puts tasers and tear gas on them. Go ‘Merica.

The Daily Beast reports:

It is now legal for law enforcement in North Dakota to fly drones armed with everything from Tasers to tear gas thanks to a last-minute push by a pro-police lobbyist.

 

With all the concern over the militarization of police in the past year, no one noticed that the state became the first in the union to allow police to equip drones with “less than lethal” weapons. House Bill 1328 wasn’t drafted that way, but then a lobbyist representing law enforcement—tight with a booming drone industry—got his hands on it.

 

The bill’s stated intent was to require police to obtain a search warrant from a judge in order to use a drone to search for criminal evidence. In fact, the original draft of Rep. Rick Becker’s bill would have banned all weapons on police drones.

 

Then Bruce Burkett of North Dakota Peace Officer’s Association was allowed by the state house committee to amend HB 1328 and limit the prohibition only to lethal weapons. “Less than lethal” weapons like rubber bullets, pepper spray, tear gas, sound cannons, and Tasers are therefore permitted on police drones.

 

Even “less than lethal” weapons can kill though. At least 39 people have been killed by police Tasers in 2015 so far, according to The Guardian. 

And just in case you’re wondering why North Dakota rolled over so easily. The state is desperate for “economic growth,” even if that growth expands GDP via fascist panopticon surveillance.

Drones in North Dakota are a profitable enterprise in a state hit hard by the oil bust. Companies that market machines for agricultural and commercial use have been popping up in industrial parks on the outskirts of Grand Forks for the better part of the last three years. The university, one of the city’s largest employers, even offers a four-year degree in drones. The Air Force has partnered with the private sector to create a drone research and development park, too.

 

Drones are overwhelmingly seen as a good thing in North Dakota, which is perhaps why few noticed when HB 1328 passed with a clause allowing them to be armed with non-lethal weapons.

Because it’s imperative to national security that we make this, so much easier…

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Great work North Dakota. Let’s hope the rest of us aren’t so hopelessly stupid.

 

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Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:16 | 6475804 The Chief
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....and South Dakota will be the first state to legalize personal anti-aircraft batteries....a quad 50 on the back of an F250.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:17 | 6475808 Santini Air
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OMG!  dr0Nez!  We l0ve you!

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:18 | 6475813 Dutti
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Welcome to the future!

Oh sorry, the war against terrorists in North Dakota is on NOW

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:27 | 6475852 NoDebt
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I predict drones will become increasingly popular for "police" activities.  Because there are certain acts even a cop won't do in person.  Plus the possibility of getting snagged on a cell phone vid beating a "suspect" unconscious or dead have just gotten too high.  The PR aspect of this is just tilting increasingly negative for them.  

But with a drone you can perform acts as inhuman as you like.  Ask Obama.  He knows all about this shit.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:35 | 6475890 Fahque Imuhnutjahb
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I'm in the process of retrofitting my drone with a flame thrower.  Now if I can figure out a way to make it rub

rock salt into the burns I'll be set.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:42 | 6475919 realmoney2015
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Meanwhile, in a city far, far away....a bunch of empty suits get together to ban 'assualt' weapons, because there is no need for them. 

Weaponized, un-manned drones flying over my house. The purpose of my arms are not for deer and bear, its for anyone or anything that tries to take my rights or my life away from me. 

I pray for our future. Once again, all of the leading candidates (Clinton, Trump, Sanders) want to take our guns and continue with the imaginary war on terror. 

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:04 | 6475992 SoilMyselfRotten
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Imagine where these will make their debut.....the border has my vote

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:29 | 6476080 realmoney2015
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Yup. I've heard candidates, like Trump and Carson, specifically, say that they will drones to secure the border. Of course they couldnt use that as a trial and an excuse to make that a nationwide practice. That would be like, um, 9/11 and the war on terror. Wake up people dont give in to the government and their push to take our rights.

Remember who stood by himself on the Senate floor for 13 hours talking about the dangers of drones????

That's half the sales (now through the 7th) of my candles go to support the only candidate who is pro-civil liberties: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ScentSavers?ref=hdr_shop_menu

 

 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:23 | 6476290 COSMOS
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The next step is automated drones with AI that way they can blame the shots fired on a computer glitch.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:27 | 6476296 813kml
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It's not a bug, it's a feature.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:38 | 6476315 Keyser
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Hmm, anyone interested in crowd-funding an Anti Drone Balastic Defense System? This ruling portends that this will be a growth industry in the near term... 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:49 | 6476333 813kml
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I plan to only travel at night, always wear a space blanket to reduce heat signature, and to carry a bag of kittens so I can throw one out as a distraction.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 01:10 | 6476349 Al Gophilia
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Liberty....... Aaaaaannnnnnnd it gone!

End the Fed!

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 02:05 | 6476407 tdag
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fear mongering...aaand it's here. (don't get me wrong...the "police state" is oh, so alive and well in the service of the elites--and it's a fucking joke to play into this bullshit).

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 02:20 | 6476415 StackShinyStuff
Thu, 08/27/2015 - 04:54 | 6476526 Cadavre
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WTF The Dalkotas ain't a hotbed for street activism + PLUS - the problem with drones is that they're easily hacked and could be turned against the very people using `em.

Was the battle of the little big horn in ND? Is a repeat of that the big deal?

I saw Fargo. North Dakotians seem to be preoccupied with not appearing too Canadian.

But oooh-la-la-laaa -  dat easy DHS money for a low revenue state paid with money from the citizens in high revenue states.

And like Ed Snowden, when the shit hits the fans are those operators going to target the people they grew up with, or the gestapo kapos tell'n `em "Shoot shoot shoot".

Humanity  is the biggest threat to the police state. The polie state will be gutted from the inside out.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 07:32 | 6476669 Took Red Pill
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Meanwhile, there's a war on against civilians having drones. If you notice all the stories in the media about people flying their quadcopters too close to planes, over the White House lawn, etc. These are toys! The drones the cops and military have are much bigger and more powerful. They don't want us to have drones so they'll create lots of laws against them to "protect" us. Even the link to the original story in the Daily Beast has a picture of a toy quadcopter photoshopped with police lights and weapons. They don't look like that. They look more like a plane than a quadcopter. 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 12:53 | 6477954 Cadavre
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Been thinking about getting one fromDJI. Cheap, good cameras, auto reurn, etc- they're quad copters

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 15:35 | 6478627 Took Red Pill
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yes, i have one. They are easy to fly. You just can't be an idiot with it.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:08 | 6476006 Manthong
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North Dakota Becomes First State To Legalize Drones Weaponized With Tasers, Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets & Sound Cannons

So when will the first drone put a Taser projectile in someone’s eyeball?

Not so easy to hit center mass through a floating video camera yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THLT5iJldk0

 

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 23:17 | 6476172 SoilMyselfRotten
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Not so easy to hit center mass through a floating video camera yet.

 

that's where the Hellfire missile comes in

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 23:25 | 6476187 Manthong
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This is nuckin futs..

Maybe it the fracking chemicals in the groundwater that has put them beyond the boundaries responsible governance.

..and I thought they had half a brain up there.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:40 | 6476320 Keyser
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It's the 60 years of CIA shaped mind-control inflicted on the people via the boob tube... 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 01:12 | 6476350 Al Gophilia
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Find and destroy the command centre. Solved.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 05:09 | 6476530 Cadavre
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Ya wanna control the people of North Dakota - just don'y salt the roads. 

American ingenuity could buid a bitch better than Charlene. Maybe not a trophy gal, but she do throw a load. Or, modify a kitchen appliance?

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 12:12 | 6477751 Victor von Doom
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"I'm in the process of retrofitting my drone with a flame thrower.  Now if I can figure out a way to make it rub

rock salt into the burns I'll be set."

Have a light shotgun loaded with rocksalt slung beneath the flamethrower - problem solved!

"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."

- Victor von Doom

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:23 | 6476063 techpreist
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An NSA agent has already been caught using Crypto City resources to stalk his ex-girlfriend, so who knows what other uses they could come up with.

The first wave of it, which I saw while living in Iowa, was 'fine hunting,' or using automated spying to catch minor infractions and fine farmers. just like traffic cams, expect the surveillance society to keep increasing in even the remotest places.

For the article, I could see the use of non-vis optics as a means of dehumanizing the enemy. No faces, just heatmaps.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 02:21 | 6476416 ChargingHandle
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John Conner will defeat the machines for mankind. 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 03:58 | 6476497 Perimetr
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Coming soon to a neighborhood

near you

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 03:59 | 6476498 Perimetr
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!!!

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 10:11 | 6477221 mtl4
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That should make for some real fun target shooting for folks trying to sight in their guns before hunting season.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:18 | 6475811 The Chief
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...be the first guy to become a anti-drone "Ace"....get a street named after you.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:45 | 6475929 brewing
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North Dakota is smart - they're protecting themselves from the trash of the other 49 states...

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 12:14 | 6477760 Victor von Doom
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Wonder what they'd look like mounted on the wall?

 

"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."

- Victor von Doom

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:26 | 6475849 Dr. Engali
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We're the MIC......, delivering freedom bombs across the globe.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:28 | 6475857 NoDebt
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Round my parts we call it "Kinetic Democracy".

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 09:01 | 6476923 ThroxxOfVron
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"We're the MIC......, delivering freedom bombs across the globe. "

...AND TO YOUR DOOR.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:33 | 6475868 Welfare Tycoon
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Jesus Fucking Christ. 

The only thing that pisses me off more than this happening is that there are probably millions of brain dead fucktards across America who are watching this and approving because this is "going to be used on dangerous armed criminals to make the streets safer". 

I'm going to out on a limb here and say on an optimistic note only 5% of the U.S. population is intelligent enough/has the foresight to know what the real purpose of these drones are ultimately meant for. 

1984 ain't shit bitchez

 

 

 

 

 

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:38 | 6475898 Fahque Imuhnutjahb
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Delivering pizza?

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:25 | 6476293 COSMOS
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A man's last meal?

Id be weary of drones bearing gifts.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 10:12 | 6477232 mtl4
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I thought these were going to be Amazon drones?!

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:16 | 6476022 techpreist
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I posted it on a few threads already, but why not spam this again?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxBa5bQfTGc

Whether anyone likes it or not, we are rapidly entering the age where anyone can create anything they want, or failing that, download it from someone else to their personal auto-factory. I don't think it will be long before the darknets have plans out for building weaponized sentries and drones; undoubtedly banned, but it won't matter because you can make them at home.

Personally I'm surprised no one has done it yet. Going off the flamethrower thread, take one of those, attach it to the sentry in the video, and then put it on a giant RC car. I could also see Earth Liberation Front or similar environmental groups creating napalm bombs (they used to publish guides on it; sick group) and dropping them on "urban sprawl" developments. There are plenty of possible 'us vs. them' scenarios here.

Hopefully it's scary enough to get people out of the recliner and start giving a damn about what's happening all around them.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 12:17 | 6477771 Victor von Doom
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Or involved in doing it themselves. I've been doing it with Doombots for years.

 

"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."

- Victor von Doom

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:18 | 6476044 Jack Burton
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Bingo. 5% of Americans is about right. The others are braindead from US Public School Educations, Corporate Media and MTV, and a diet of corn syrup laced junk food.

The youth let Government educate them.

Fast food joints feed them

Croporate media create youth culture for them

and mains tream media inform them of the news.

 

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:44 | 6475925 brucekeller
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Colorado.  First to legalize drones for anti-anxiety deployment. Armed with twenty blunts a payload, just press Snoop's face on your iPhone or Android if you're feeling down.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 05:00 | 6476540 EurGold
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1oz Silver Australian Kookaburra Coin just €17.21 @ EurGold

 

 

https://www.eurgold.eu/silver/kookaburra-1oz-silver-1-dollar-legal-tende...

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 05:17 | 6476547 Tall Tom
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Flooding this site with your ads is as annoying as those "I earned $65,000 last month on my brother's computer..." ads.

 

Stop spamming.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 09:42 | 6477082 One of these is...
One of these is not like the others..'s picture

His server is off line anyway...

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:18 | 6475814 post turtle saver
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I can't wait for one of these things to get hacked, then sent over to Grand Forks County Sheriff Bob Rost's humble abode for a rollicking good time of gassing, tazing, and general mayhem...

this one's for you, Bob... let's open up the phone lines to our viewers...

http://gfcounty.nd.gov/sheriffs-department

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:16 | 6476037 willwork4food
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luv to luv to lvu to hack with you.

 

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:33 | 6476092 Abitdodgie
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Thats what you get for living near Grand Forks , you should live more south like Finley.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:19 | 6475817 CHC
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Makes for way better target practice - can't wait.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:20 | 6475819 ted41776
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are they plugged into pre-crime freedom distribution network? this freedom is getting better and better every day!!

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:26 | 6476294 COSMOS
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Hey Chumba what's with the sock puppet accounts?

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:21 | 6475824 booboo
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Just hack the bitch and crash it, some enterprising young snow bound high schooler can do it for the next science fair.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:21 | 6475827 Urban Redneck
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I guess they weren't content enough being just tea baggers, so they decided to try full throated statist cocksucking.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:22 | 6475828 DontWorry
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Don't worry, this technology will only be used for your protection. If you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear. Brave law enforcement personnel have a dangerous job and this may be able to reduce the danger to them. Drones improve officer safety.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:29 | 6475864 Implied Violins
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Are you MDB's midnight lover?

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:41 | 6475912 Fahque Imuhnutjahb
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I gave you an up arrow assuming you're a fellow smart ass; if not then mentally reconfigure your arrow distribution and

consider my down arrow as a "micro aggression".

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:21 | 6475829 Soul Glow
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That's like Terminator shit.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:33 | 6475876 post turtle saver
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it's worse, it's some pig on the other side of the connection jacking off in his underoos while he sprays, gasses, and/or tazes the ever livin' shit out of you and your family...

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 12:21 | 6477799 Victor von Doom
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"That's like Terminator shit."

No, more like Doombots. Take it from one that knows.

 

"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."

- Victor von Doom

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:24 | 6475841 Dr. Engali
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Remember way back when you could run off in the woods with your girlfriend and a twelve pack to grab a quick piece of tail and not worry about being spied on or shot at from above? Good times......good times........

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:34 | 6475878 boattrash
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Yes Dr. I remember doing exactly that, and then I got that feeling that we were being watched, only to spot a ranger about 30 yds away doing exactly that.

When I gave him that "hell, man, have you no decency?" stare, he turned and walked away.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:24 | 6476066 Fahque Imuhnutjahb
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I'm sorry, I've always felt kinda bad about that, but it gets damn lonely in the bush,(not the kind you were in) the woods rather.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:27 | 6475851 SHEEPFUKKER
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So ND is having a looming crisis with the oil collapse and so they celebrate by going drone-tard. Nice play. 

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:31 | 6475867 ebworthen
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They can kick your door in without a warrant and kill you - even if they get the wrong house - and nothing happens to them.

No fines, no charges, and no reprimand; no payment for the lock or door frame nor the funeral.

Any surprise the apparatchiks and goons say weaponized drones are "A o.k."?

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:41 | 6475908 847328_3527
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I am waiting for one of these drones to run into a 747 loaded with people as the FAA has repeatedly warned will eventually happen.

 

http://www.rt.com/usa/171276-drones-nypd-helicopter-crash/

 

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/08/24/some-airpor...

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:02 | 6475989 Victor E. Overbanks
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The 'authorities' are warning us of things. Oh no!

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 12:23 | 6477820 Victor von Doom
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That'll be fine, so long as it's Air Force One.

 

"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."

- Victor von Doom

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 01:22 | 6476360 Al Gophilia
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Hey, man! Will sou sit down or something and shut the fuck up. You're blocking my view of the Patriot's game and I can't hear for all your yammering about big brother conspiracy crap. Oh, and it's your round for beers.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:31 | 6475870 Duc888
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Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo   why is this not legal for the shitizens of ND?

 

Just asking....

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:34 | 6475875 Otrader
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This is obviously a lie from the left painting the freedom loving red state of N. Dakota as some tyranical oppressive state. 

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:33 | 6475877 i_call_you_my_base
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I'm looking forward to shooting US sec drones out of the sky with my own drone.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:34 | 6475880 Infinite QE
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There's going to be boom in sales of devices to hack and take control of drones.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:35 | 6475889 khnum
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...watching the hunger games as I read this....spooky

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:36 | 6475892 ali-ali-al-qomfri
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North Dakotastan, re-think where you are going to have a wedding reception or any outdoor family gathering.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:49 | 6475941 Miffed Microbio...
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Someone may have some new found empathy for families in afganistan and iraq.

Miffed

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:45 | 6475932 q99x2
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North Dakota of all places. Maybe the drones were put in place for banksters up there.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:44 | 6476118 El Hosel
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North Dakota prolly has more shitgums per capita than any other state... By by  Birdy!

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:47 | 6475933 NoWayJose
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I am OK with weaponized drones as long as It is legal for me to shoot back!

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:50 | 6475951 ali-ali-al-qomfri
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maybe it's time to bring out the Punt Gun,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7FeeamC4qk

 

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:54 | 6475966 VWAndy
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Drones are great killers. Prolly the best assasins tool ever. Remote control death. 

Try proving a drone murder.

 Even the small ones could be turned into killing tools far to simply.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 03:34 | 6476477 dreadnaught
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huh,,,,here the Seattle City Council AND the Chief of Police outlawed them-returned it for a refund....

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 21:58 | 6475981 Spiritof42
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If I recall correctly, that photograph was taken in New York City. The cop was reprimanded, but I'm not sure to what degree.

The only difference between North Dakota and most other states is that they assume its legal for them to use. Best not to announce it.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:12 | 6476263 Hongcha
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Nope, UC Davis Northern California 2011 and look at all the good fat-assed students just standing there.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:04 | 6475996 Victor E. Overbanks
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I wonder what the psychological effects of the perpetually active, weaponized drone army that is sure to flood the skies over major population centers will be. Living in constant fear of being droned?

 

Lets ask the middle-east!

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:06 | 6476005 blindman
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it must be the commie, long haired
or Islamic, Buddhist type hippy sanskrit,
native american element
that has infected the frakkin', oil,
windpowered northtopia; bastion of the
frozen and deep american core values.
.
kill it from the sky techno fix nation.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:14 | 6476031 blindman
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oh, i forgot the transswxuals.
Wikileaks - Collateral murder in Iraq by US helicopter (short video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogFZlRiTHuw
.
"come on" anon.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:11 | 6476014 Who was that ma...
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Drone wars, drone verses drone, drone dogfights, drone at three o'clock, I was a teenage drone pilot, drone over Miami, to drone or not to drone, et tu drone?  Etc ad nauseum.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:13 | 6476025 kw2012
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Rubber bullets? don't you shoot them out of a regular gun? so all one needs to do is just switch ammo... say under martial law when you have no rights?

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:23 | 6476064 F em all but 6
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Go ahead. Use this shit on me or my family and I swear with my last dying breath I will find your base of operations and systematically exterminate the infestation with extreme prejudice.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:26 | 6476070 Baby Eating Dingo22
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The good thing is, there will be no need to equip with expensive color cameras. Black and white is all it needs to distinguish primary target

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:28 | 6476076 kw2012
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It's NOrth Dakota, You dont even need a black and white camera.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:27 | 6476074 papaswamp
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Shale field riots coming? I mean of all the states that would probably never have a riot, I would think ND would be near the top.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 09:04 | 6476934 Ms No
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Oilies and MIC types couped the political system there.... that and North Dakotans are rather dim, they were actually super excited about it.  The coup enjoyed tremendous popularity.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 22:29 | 6476079 Buster Cherry
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Wonder if there are any website with plans to make a do-it-yourself signal jammer to make those suckers auger themselves into the ground?

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 23:21 | 6476169 Sedaeng
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How to build a radio drone jammer!

Construction

The construction of this type of spark gap generator is fairly simple. You should be able to get everything for under $50 new, used items may be even less expensive. You will need the following items:

  • high voltage source
  • batteries
  • small bit of wood to mount things on
  • small motor
  • a few nails or screws
  • wire

-Sounds like a weekend project for some Zero Heads :)

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 23:01 | 6476148 Vlad the Inhaler
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Oh Americans would never fire on their own people.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 23:27 | 6476188 kchrisc
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Oh Joy.

I wonder if the slithers involved with this new "law," realize that their futures are now in doubt. In doubt because the first time the gun and badge thugs use a drone in an act of war against the American people, the slithers involved will also be guilty of Article 3, Section 3, treason.

Zion is a scheme, not an ethnicity.

 

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 23:37 | 6476205 22winmag
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You're preaching to the choir when I read your comments.

 

Thick Willy really has a handle on "race relations" too.

Wed, 08/26/2015 - 23:47 | 6476220 netpounder
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Now the kids can go play outside and shoot some real space invaders.  Thanks for sneaking in the "no fat child left behind" bill into this "drone weaponization act" passed at 12 midnight on a weekend.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:26 | 6476295 Dude-dude
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North Dakotans wanna teach them horny Canadian farm boyz (who sneak across the border on Friday nights to date them pretty North Dakotan cow girls) a lesson!  Next thing you know,  the Canadian boyz will be arming their crop dusters to shoot em dronez down on Friday afternoons – it’s war I tell you!

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:31 | 6476304 ThroxxOfVron
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We Robocopped some folks.


Thu, 08/27/2015 - 00:44 | 6476328 AuEagleNest
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Amurrikka Fuk Yeah coming to your town soon!

 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 01:25 | 6476362 WTF_247
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This will be the norm within just a few years.

Think about it - they can essentially act with impunity - there can be no named person in a violation of rights if a drone does the violating, right?

Anything authority can do to gain more power without exerting much effort will be done - after all police are "under fire" all day long and the job is so dangerous that no one wants to do it right?

Amazing how any and all records of who was operating the drone will be erased or not found, Eventually they will simply move to unmanned/unguided drones.  At this point it could simply open fire on a kindergarten class and who would be to blame?  The software company? the hardware company?  the police who will claim it "malfunctioned?"

 

Keep in mind that following this will be a series of VERY harsh laws regarding interfering with, damaging or disabling a police drone - likely to carry 10+ yrs sentence and 250k fine.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 01:30 | 6476369 onmail
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American citizens were unaware how cruel American state is outside its borders ,

Now they will know that it is actually a terrorist state

 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 03:23 | 6476468 Kina
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I imagine homemade drones will be having fun with Police drones.

Also drones probably will make fun target practice for high powered rifles.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 03:24 | 6476469 cz85b
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I am confused...  Who is chomping at the bit to attack North Dakota? There are fewer people living in ND than are living in Rhode Island!  I mean the desolate areas to the north, in Canada suck less, Why??? because North Dakotans don't LIVE THERE!

To the people who sold this crap to that state in exchange for an awesome commission (I am sure it was pretty awesome, not to mention the bragging rights, since this rates up there with selling snow to the people in Alaska)  I say BRAVO!  You guys are awesome, and I have some stuff to sell if ever you find yoursef/ves out of work for some ludicrous reason...

Anyway, I digress....  I sit here in stupified disbelief as to the absolute stupidity of this maneuver...  I was hoping this was an onion article....

 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 03:47 | 6476486 quasi_verbatim
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Drones have been weaponized from the get go and are incinerating and fragmenting the Persons Sitting in Darkness (h/t Twain) on a daily basis. But I expect you haven't noticed.

Less-lethal weaponizing is a move along the humanitarian/compassionate spectrum and can only be welcomed.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 07:15 | 6476650 22winmag
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Thank you sir. That Twain piece is mindblowing.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 06:24 | 6476591 Anglo Hondo
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The police drones had better be equipped with blue lights and sirens, or my personal armory will assume them to be alien UFOs, and shoot them out of the sky.

 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 06:46 | 6476602 BurningBetty
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TPTB must be laughing their asses of behind the scenes of our ignorance and how far we are willing to let our freedoms deteriorate with hardly putting up a fight. Change happens with action. We can write articles and discuss this till the end of days, without action nothing will change.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 07:37 | 6476689 22winmag
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Actually TBTB are pissing their pants.

 

The people who cook their meals, haul their trash, connect their calls, drive their ambulances, and guard them while they sleep are about to GO OFF ON THEM!

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 09:27 | 6477003 PleasedToMeatYou
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"The people ... are about to GO OFF ON THEM!"

I'd say that's wishful thinking.  I do look forward to reading how wrong I am about that, but I'm not holding my breath. 

Some like to say ...pried from my cold dead hands..., pffffft!  For the time being, we still have too much to lose (collectively and generally speaking) so awake folks are waiting for someone else to go first.  That way we don't lose our 401k's, make our families homeless, cause a propaganda backfire via MSM and controlled social media, etc...Oh, and die or go to prison forever to no good effect.  It seems to me that FedGovs and their subordinateGovs are arming up for when we have too little to lose so that our collective self-restraint will be behind us.  They are the preppers. 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 08:56 | 6476909 Ms No
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I told you guys this was happening years ago.  They also turned western ND, eastern MT and portions of SD into a giant military range of some kind and it is massive!  The fucking idiot NeoCons of North Dakota were all for it, Montana fought it alone.  ND is virtually the drone state they have funding for research going on at their universities etc.  Most certainly they are not just testing drones on those dumb fucks but also weapons.

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 10:13 | 6477154 One of these is...
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Just fetch 'em down with an R/C toy dropped int a rotor, and steal the subsequent wreckage.

Keep doing it, and they'll soon give it up.

In my country we destroy their toys when they get too oppressive.

Speedcamera, cost 40,000, cost of a motorbike tyre and pint of petrol, nothing. The accountants soon pulled the plug on the speedcamera sillyness.

We had a website showing pictures of dead speed cameras at one point. 

I can't wait until our .gov try this shit.

Hell in my town the people even burned the local police helicopter when they started hunting down attic pot growers with the thermal imager.

You can only push the english man on the street so far before it starts to cost more than it is worth.

Your country, not so much.

You shout a lot and call us "english pussies", and your black people riot like ours do from time to time, but your grass roots white folk don't ever seem to resist "authority" in a bloody minded and awkward way like we do when the mood takes us.

As some bikers showed me once when being directly oppressed, you don't need to "kill the pig", you just pluck his radio from the front of his uniform, smash it on the ground and say with a smile, you're fucked now aren't you? Chances are he made up a story on his way back to the station rather than "lose face", that sort of person is like that.

 

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 12:08 | 6477732 Victor von Doom
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Bastards! They swiped my Doombots!"

"My greatest flaw. I surround myself with idiots."

- Victor von Doom

Thu, 08/27/2015 - 12:27 | 6477847 Zymurguy
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Viable Anti-Drone Tactics, Techniques, Weapons, etc. - please reply with links, etc., thank you

(the public is falling way behind in this arena - the federales know they have a HUGE advantage here and they're exploiting it and using it against us)

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