John Miller explains why police can't shoot down drones amid security concerns in New Jersey (9:03 min)

[Gaugamela]

CNN’s Omar Jimenez reports on weeks of unexplained drone sightings in New Jersey have left residents, politicians and public safety officials scratching their heads, prompting security concerns. CNN chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller and national security analyst Juliette Kayyem discuss. Aired 12/12/24

[Jimvanhise]

1. IT IS CALLED THE FAA

Drones are aircraft and it is illegal to shoot down an aircraft, even if a drone is spying on your house. Fire fighting aircraft have been buzzed by drones wanting to get a closer look at them but those can't be shot down either.

[Silent Type]

2. +1. Need to redefine aircraft. Probably wouldn't, but it might be interesting to shoot one down

and take any charges to court.

Might lose on law, but I bet there would be some jurors who think we should be able to shoot a drone over our property, especially one low enough not to impact larger, higher aircraft.

[RockRaven]

4. IIRC, a few years back there was a story about a "Kentucky Man" who did just that

and I think he beat the criminal charges having to do with firing the gun (he claimed his children's privacy was being violated), and the civil lawsuit from the drone operator also got tossed later.

[Iggo]

5. Somebody had the same idea last week, except with a healthcare CEO

[Silent Type]

6. Yeah, but they've already caught Luigi and know pretty what he is.

[Kaleva]

3. Where is Orson Welles when you need him?