I mean the Texas DPS boys.

Really? Shooting at a vehicle from a helicopter? The shooter should have been prosecuted and the officials who defended that should resign in shame.

It's just that now she has to register with the local eskimos before doing it.

Non-snark: This is a Texas rule, not a federal, so it wouldn't apply to Alaska.

At least I have seen any.

I also saw it was meant to prevent Texas cops from shooting illegal immigrants from helicopters. I noticed they didn't state that TX cops were to be discouraged from shooting people who were in our state legally, so our trigger-happy constabulary can still get their jollies, apparently.

Which is Reindeer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer#Woodland_reindeer

Reindeer in Texas:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/reindeer-spotted-on-texas-freeway/

http://www.texasescapes.com/ClayCoppedge/Reindeer-of-Texas.htm

http://santastexasoutpost.com/gallery.htm

This "change of rules" is only going to last until this blows over, then Texas lawmen will act lawless again.

I'm just glad Dallas is too far from the border to worry about my house being used for target practice from the air by the local constabulary.

Ted Nugent brags about how much he loves to shoot feral pigs from a helicopter on his ranch down in Texas. While a phone-in guest on the Gary Nolan radio program several months ago, Nugent even went so far as to claim he used an assault rifle modified to fire full automatic to butcher the fleeing pigs. Is it possible (I shudder at the thought) that he may have been in violation of a Texas State firearm law?

That is a felony. No firearm or auto sear has been lawfully registered to the public since 1986, when the Hughes amendment closed the NFA registry.

If it was made before that date, and properly registered, he may have later lawfully bought the rifle.

Nugent has done several hunting violations over the year, so it wouldn't surprise me if he broke the law, but normally one is more circumspect about admitting to it on the radio, when a 10 year felony is on the line. Then again, perhaps he is that much of an idiot...

http://blogs.star-telegram.com/crime_time/2012/04/ted-nugent-pleads-guilty-in-black-bear-hunting-violation.html

Perhaps? We are, one assumes, talking about the same Ted Nugent, right?

the stupidity level I would have assumed him capable of, but people amaze me with their capabilities all the time, so, there is precedent.

The "Gary Nolan Show" most likely does have an audio file. I do not frequent his web page, however, so I am just assuming that to be the case.

backyard syndrome makes us so thuggish.... So the truck they were shooting on was thought to be doing something illegal, but it wasn't and two innocent people not involved in this allegation lost their lives... We need to calm down over drugs...

FAA moves toward creating 6 drone test sites in US

JOAN LOWY | February 14, 2013 11:42 PM EST | AP
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WASHINGTON — In a major step toward opening U.S. skies to thousands of unmanned drones, federal officials Thursday solicited proposals to create six drone test sites around the country.

The Federal Aviation Administration also posted online a draft plan for protecting people's privacy from the eyes in the sky. The plan would require each test site to follow federal and state laws and make a privacy policy publicly available.

Privacy advocates worry that a proliferation of drones will lead to a "surveillance society" in which the movements of Americans are routinely monitored, tracked, recorded and scrutinized by the authorities.

The military has come to rely heavily on drones overseas. Now there is tremendous demand to use drones in the U.S. for all kinds of tasks that are too dirty, dull or dangerous for manned aircraft. Drones, which range from the size of a hummingbird to the high-flying Globalhawks that weigh about 15,000 pounds without fuel, also are often cheaper than manned aircraft. The biggest market is expected to be state and local police departments.

The FAA is required by a law enacted a year ago to develop sites where civilian and military drones can be tested in preparation for integration into U.S. airspace that's currently limited to manned aircraft.

The law also requires that the FAA allow drones wide access to U.S. airspace by 2015, but the agency is behind schedule, and it's doubtful it will meet the deadline, the Transportation Department's inspector general said in a report last year.

MUCH MORE AT:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130214/us-drones-at-home/?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=politics

Their big soft bellies get in the way.

Talk about feeling hunted... I can't imagine the horror and fear.