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Re:Guy builds nightvision drone to hunt feral pigs by masonhensley on Monday September 26, 2011 @05:24AM (#3038171)
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

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Re:Guy builds nightvision drone to hunt feral pigs by 0x12 on Monday September 26, 2011 @10:47AM (#3039183)
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.
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Re:Guy builds nightvision drone to hunt feral pigs by alnayyir on Monday September 26, 2011 @05:40AM (#3038207)
ATF would definitely be a blocker on that one.
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