Daily Archives: January 28, 2015

Paul, Walberg Introduce the FAIR Act
Senator Rand Paul and Representative Tim Walberg reintroduced the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act (FAIR Act) today, legislation to protect the rights of property owners and restore...

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Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during the news conference to unveil the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act (FAIR Act), legislation to 'protect the rights of property owners and restore the Fifth Amendment's role in civil forfeiture proceedings' on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

Sen. Rand Paul has a low tolerance for low-flying objects.

Reacting Wednesday to the recent security scare at the White House where a quad-copter drone crashed on the South Lawn earlier this week the Kentucky Republican said he would have never put up with such a situation.

"If they fly over my house," Paul told CNN, referring to drones and drone operators, "they better beware because I've got a shotgun."

"Drones should only be used according to the Constitution," he added.

Paul, who many expect will launch a 2016 bid, made the comments in an interview with CNN conducted over Snapchat the first ever such occurrence with a lawmaker on the up-and-coming social media network.

His comments come just days after a two-foot-long helicopter-style drone crash-landed on the White House grounds, prompting a security lockdown of the premises and raising serious questions about presidential security.

A hobbyist later got in touch with authorities to notify them that it was his device and that he had merely been playing with it when it crashed.

The unnamed man, identified as an employee of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency by The New York Times, had reportedly been drinking before flying the craft later in the evening.

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Sen. Rand Paul threatens to shoot drones with shotgun