Lee Lofaso wrote to BOB KLAHN:   
      
    LL> The use of armed drones inside this country should be very rare.   
    LL> Only in cases of absolute national security.   
      
   Armed drones are patrolling the USA - Mexico border. They're also deployed   
   on the Canadian border.   
      
    BK>> They do have justification for training.   
      
    LL> Where will we drop the bombs?  We no longer use Hawai'i or Puerto   
    LL> Rico as a testing site.  Too many natives objected.  And Alaska is   
    LL> far too cold for any serious bombing.  Especially since those nasty   
    LL> environmentalists would throw a fit.  Maybe the governor of Ohio   
    LL> might lease out some land for that purpose.   
      
   The only place left to bomb is the state of Louisiana...especially the   
   Cajun infested swamp lands.   
      
    BF>> However, I would add, if I was flying an armed drone, and   
    BF>> spotted you sitting on a hill above a town, with a machine gun,   
    BF>> firing at the people in the town, I would fire the missile at   
    BF>> you.   
      
   He would then be in violation of Section 18 US Code and would receive a   
   sentence of death for the above action.   
      
    LL> It depends on what people.  If the people he was firing at were   
    LL> al-Qaeda terrorists, it might be best to wipe out the town rather   
    LL> than the person taking potshots at them with a rifle.   
      
   How do you know who is who? And where did the rifle enter the picture?   
      
      
      
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