Los Angeles, CA —I thought I learned how to fly my new Blade 350 quadcopter very well.  It was now time to shoot some cool video over the trendy UCLA neighborhood of Westwood while I was in town.  I wanted video of the old movie houses and such from not so high above.  I carefully placed and set up a brand new GoPro 3+ camera on the gimbal and sent the drone all over the area for nearly 10 minutes.  I landed it perfectly and changed the battery sending it up to the Western sky.   I sent it up really high and unfortunately this time directly into the sun.  I was completely blinded and I maneuvered the control to the North.  However I completely lost sight of it and the advertised return home feature failed miserably.  It simply vanished from view. The little drone should have flown until the battery discharged and the thing would have slowly descended until it made a soft landing, but where?  I don’t have a clue!...

Las Vegas, NV —Firearms, and accessory manufacturers, along with law enforcement and hunting related exhibitors filled the Sands Convention Center last week. Some 67,000 people attended and Sin City got a needed financial boost.   Local businesses benefit along with the tax coffers. What’s so amazing is that cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC will never get that financial benefit of this or the NRA Annual Meeting, Convention and Exhibit.   If we ever came to these cites we’d all wind up wearing handcuffs and watch our property confiscated.   With all the guns and gun toting attendees there are never accidents or any kind of violence in the cities we visit.   The crime rate goes down because the local thugs all know they are in for a serious challenge if they try and victimize these convention visitors.  More guns never brings more crime.  The SHOT Show is huge.   Covering the show as a full time multimedia journ...

Paul Huebl at the 2014 Shot Show Las Vegas, NV- -some 67.000 people came to Sin City from every corner of the globe to celebrate firearms.  Exhibitors and firearms trade professionals came to town. Most everyone was armed however there were no murders or accidents involving people associated with this event.  I can be found hanging out with the fine folks at Eagle Grips and hope for a moment to go out and shoot and edit some video. Rocker and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent has a little fun with his long time friend Raj Singh, President of Eagle Grips. You can see that below.  I have a lot of video to edit and will do so as time permits. 

,   Washington, DC —The Federal Aviation Authority was created for and exists for serious public safety issues.   They regulate airships and pilots in order to keep our air space safe.     That is absolutely an honorable mission. However they have overstepped their mission by banning the use of small drones for so-called commercial purposes.  Hobbyists currently can fly their drones virtually anywhere without any interference.   Flying at a lower altitude than 400 feet and staying away from other aircraft makes sense.   Nobody wants to endanger anyone or anything including his or her own drone. They will eventually formally regulate drones.   Common sense should dictate that the size and weight of these air vehicles should determine what is or is not regulated.    The FAA will never have enough inspectors to regulate every teenager with a drone in America.   I don’t think that the taxpayers could or would...