Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone in Backyard, Ignites Controversy

By Patriot Outdoor News

What would you do?

Early this week, the debate over drone use was reignited when a Kentucky man named William Merideth, 47, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and wanton endangerment after shooting down an $1,800 aerial camera, which, he claims, was hovering above his sunbathing 16-year-old daughter in the family’s backyard. Merideth cites his right to privacy as justification for his actions. “Sunday afternoon, the kids—my girls—were out on the back deck, and the neighbors were out in their yard,” he told FOX affiliate WDRB. “And they come in and said, ‘Dad, there’s a drone out here, flying over everybody’s yard.’”

According to Merideth, the drone hovered for a few moments until his daughter waved it away, but it soon returned. When he saw it nearby, 10 feet above the ground, peeking under his neighbor’s backyard canopy, he grabbed a shotgun. “It was hovering over top of my property, and I shot it out of the sky,” he said. “I didn’t shoot across the road, I didn’t shoot across my neighbor’s fences, I shot directly into the air.”

According to Merideth, a few minutes after he shot down the drone, four men, each clearly upset, arrived at his house and …read more

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