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Un référendum à Deer Trail, Colorado, rejette la création d’un permis de chasse au #drone…

Colorado town rejects drone-hunting licenses | Reuters
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/02/us-usa-drones-colorado-idUSBREA310AS20140402

Voters in the small farming town of Deer Trail, Colorado, on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a tongue-in-cheek proposal to issue hunting licenses to shoot down unmanned drones that fly over the hamlet’s airspace, an election official said.

The ballot question, which would have allowed the town of 600 to issue mock $25 permits for the supposed targeting of unmanned aerial vehicles, was rejected by 73 percent of voters, said Town Clerk Kim Oldfield.

“We weren’t going to really let people shoot aircraft out of the sky,” Oldfield said.

The proposal in the town 50 miles east of Denver was a whimsical notion. Some residents suggested it be accompanied by an annual shooting contest using model airplanes or other quirky activities to attract tourism, Oldfield said.

While Deer Trail became a center for anti-drone activism, the proliferation of unmanned vehicles for commercial, government and other uses has lawmakers across the United States looking at how to regulate the aircraft.

Les communes rurales américaines s’organisent contrent les drones gouvernementaux de surveillance clandestins :

“The town of Deer Trail, Colorado (population approximately 550) will be voting next month on whether to offer licenses for drone hunting. Furthermore, a bounty of $100 for each drone shot down will be offered (upon offering proof that the drone was potentially owned by the U.S. government). Is this just a fun gimmick, or a serious commentary on an increasingly surveillance based society?”

▻http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/eastern-plains/town-of-deer-trail-considering-hunting-licenses-for-unmanned-aeria

“We do not want drones in town,” said Steel. “They fly in town, they get shot down.”

Colorado town mulls issuing licenses to shoot down #drones | Reuters
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/18/us-usa-colorado-drones-idUSBRE96H02120130718

The farming and ranching town of Deer Trail, Colorado, which boasts that it held the world’s first rodeo in 1869, is now considering starting a 21st century tradition - paying bounties to anyone who shoots down an unmanned drone. (...)
“We don’t want to become a #surveillance society,” he told Reuters in a telephone interview.