City Passes Anti-Drone Legislation

Posted by | February 5, 2013 18:03 | Filed under: Top Stories


Charlottesville, VA is the first city in America to pass a resolution to forbid drones.

The resolution, passed Monday, “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 “pledges to abstain from similar uses with city-owned, leased, or borrowed drones.”

The resolution passed by a 3-2 vote and was brought to the city council by activist David Swanson and the Rutherford Institute, a civil liberties group based in the city. The measure also endorses a proposed two-year moratorium on drones in Virginia.

The move is symbolic, and will not affect whether drones fly over Charlottesville skies.

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