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masonhensley on Sept 26, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Guy builds nightvision drone to hunt feral pigs

From what I understand, regular folk can't automate firearm actuation. Off he top of my head, you would at least need a Type 7 license with a class 2 SOT from our friends at the ATF to automate weapon fire on a drone.

The FAA other alphabet soup agencies probably have other regulations regarding the manufacture and use of a flying killing machine.

Some info on ATF licenses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Firearms_License

0x12 on Sept 26, 2011 | [–]

For stuff like this your main worry is probably not the people that play by the rules, but the people that don't play by the rules.

alnayyir on Sept 26, 2011 | [–]

ATF would definitely be a blocker on that one.

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