Please don't do this. You're not going to hit a drone at any appreciable altitude from a "high window" with a "nice rifle." One of the first rules of putting bullets downrange is to know what's behind your target, and you simply can't know that when you're shooting into the air.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebratory_gunfire#Injuries

The FAA classifies drones as aircraft.

https://www.faa.gov/Air_traffic/Publications/atpubs/aim_html...

Damaging an aircraft is considered criminal aircraft sabotage under 18 U.S.C. 32

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/32

https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual...

There is nothing in there about if the aircraft is legally or illegally operated.

https://dronedj.com/2024/06/30/florida-walmart-delivery-dron...

And for more resources for drone pilots: https://www.dronepilotgroundschool.com/shooting-drone/

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Firing on drones is a good way to lose your freedoms and even beyond that one's rights to have firearms.

It's kind of amazing that you can post incitement to terrorism on HN. People have been jailed for using high-power laser pointers against aircraft.

Maybe that is why they are only being tested in the Coastal states.