6M Acres of Public Land in the US West Are Corner-Locked

Re:6M Acres of Public Land in the US West Are Corner-Locked by Wowfunhappy on Monday December 26, 2022 @08:14PM (#34143814)

> Summary -- there are public lands in the US that supposedly belong to us all, but private landowners have literally "enclosed" them by encircling them with privately owned plots. It's legal to BE on the public land, but it's not legal to trespass on private land. So unless you can magically teleport onto the public land, you have to trespass to get there

Just because I'm curious: could you parachute in? From a plane flying high enough to be in public airspace.

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Re:6M Acres of Public Land in the US West Are Corner-Locked by coffeebeqn on Monday December 26, 2022 @08:25PM (#34143882)

Or fly a helicopter in?

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Re:6M Acres of Public Land in the US West Are Corner-Locked by fintechjock on Monday December 26, 2022 @08:27PM (#34143892)

Yes, but then there is the problem of getting out

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Re:6M Acres of Public Land in the US West Are Corner-Locked by rolenthedeep on Monday December 26, 2022 @08:53PM (#34144087)

Easy, sue the surrounding landowners for entrapment or kidnapping

Equally as frivolous as suing people for trespassing on public land

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Re:6M Acres of Public Land in the US West Are Corner-Locked by daurnimator on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:22AM (#34146987)

Just stay until you get arrested for trespassing and "escorted" out.

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