The Next Gun Debate? Armed Drones Could Be Protected By the Second Amendment -- US News and World Report
Several YouTube videos show hobbyists who have allegedly created rudimentary armed drones.
In April 2012, Rand Paul's nightmare seemingly came true nearly a year before he'd even gotten the chance to dream it. Four people were having a dinner party and playing cards when all of a sudden, a robotic plane showed up outside their window and interrupted their game with a barrage of bullets.
For 13 hours on the Senate floor this March, Paul railed on the government's willingness to use armed drones on American civilians, even suggesting that the government could use an unmanned plane to kill an American eating dinner with his family. But he never mentioned the possibility that the person flying the drone could be a neighbor.
That idea sounds farfetched, but some legal scholars think that Second Amendment rights might extend to robotic arms, including drones outfitted with weapons.
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My Comment: I know that the above video is computer generated .... and that the spokesman (Kyle Myers) is not even Russian. But it is still a revealing video of what is possible.
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