Activists want to see legislation at Federal level

Steve Watson Infowars.com Feb 5, 2013

Yesterday we brought you news on the efforts of the House of Delegates  and the Senate in Virginia to bring about a two year moratorium on the use of  surveillance drones by government and law enforcement agencies. Today we learn  that Charlottesville, Va has passed legislation to outlaw the use of drones,  making it the first US city to do so.

In a 3-2 vote, city councilors passed the  anti-drone resolution Monday, echoing the State level effort to halt the use of  drones for the next two years. There will, in effect now be a ban on the craft  entering Charlottesville city limits, prohibiting any city agency from using the  technology.

The council will urge the Virginia General  Assembly and Congress to keep drones out of local air space.

The resolution adopted by the council reads:

“WHEREAS, the rapid implementation of drone technology  throughout the United States poses a serious threat to the privacy and  constitutional rights of the American people, including the residents of  Charlottesville; and

“WHEREAS, the federal government and the Commonwealth of  Virginia have thus far failed to provide reasonable legal restrictions on the  use of drones within the United States; and

“WHEREAS, police departments throughout the country have  begun implementing drone technology absent any guidance or guidelines from law  makers;

“NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED, that the City Council of  Charlottesville, Virginia, endorses the proposal for a two year moratorium on  drones in the state of Virginia; and calls on the United States Congress and the  General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia to adopt legislation  prohibiting information obtained from the domestic use of drones from being  introduced into a Federal or State court, and precluding the domestic use of  drones equipped with anti-personnel devices, meaning any projectile, chemical,  electrical, directed-energy (visible or invisible), or other device designed to  harm, incapacitate, or otherwise negatively impact a human being; and pledges to  abstain from similar uses with city-owned, leased, or borrowed  drones.”

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