This week on the Brody File we hit the road and head to colorful Colorado where we explore the Rocky Mountain State’s battle over gun control, drones and the legalization of marijuana.
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David: THIS WEEK ON
"THE BRODY FILE," WE'RE IN
COLORADO.
AND WE'RE HUNTING FOR DRONES
IN THE TOWN OF DEER TRAIL.
ONE MAN'S MISSION AGAINST
THE GOVERNMENT.
IN FIVE YEARS, THE SKIES
ARE GOING TO BE BLACK WITH
THESE THINGS.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE
MILLIONS OF THEM.
David: ALSO, COLORADO
TALKS SUCCESSION.
COULD WE BE LOOKING AT A
54th STATE CALLED NORTH
COLORADO?
IT IS URBAN VERSES
RURAL.
David: AND A FOURTH
MINISTRY IN COLORADO THAT
PUTS JESUS IN THE MIDDLE.
IT IS ONE OF THE BEST
WAYS.
David: IT IS ONE OF
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WAYS AND
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
"THE BRODY FILE" ON THE ROAD
IN COLORADO, NEXT.
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David: AND WELCOME,
EVERYBODY, TO ANOTHER
EDITION OF "THE BRODY
FILE."
WE ARE ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
THIS TIME IN BEAUTIFUL
COLORADO.
ACTUALLY COMING TO YOU FROM
DYLAN, COLORADO, A COUPLE OF
HOURS WEST INTO THE
MOUNTAINS FROM DENVER.
YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME WE
WERE HERE, YOU REMEMBER THE
CHRISTMAS SHOW.
WE WERE SNOWMOBILING.
YOU REMEMBER THE CREW, MARK
AND MATT AND TRACY.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
BUT WE HAVE COME TO SAFER
GROUND HERE IN DYLAN,
COLORADO.
THERE ARE A LOT OF
INTERESTING POLITICAL
STORIES GOING ON IN THIS
STATE.
ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH
THE "S" WORD, SUCESSION.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS
THE 51st STATE
INITIATIVE.
THERE ARE FOLKS HERE IN
COLORADO WHO WANT TO START A
WHOLE NEW STATE.
THEY ARE TIRED OF LIBERAL
LAWMAKERS IN DENVER,
COLORADO, DICTATING THINGS.
MANY OF THE RURAL COUNTIES
HERE HAVE HAD ENOUGH, AND
NOW THOSE TYPES OF MEASURES
ARE ON THE BALLOT.
WILL THEY SUCCEED?
HAVE A LOOK.
THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, COMPRISED OF 50
STATES.
BUT, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT IF
THE MAP LOOKED LIKE THIS?
A 51st STATE CALLED
JEFFERSON, MADE UP OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHERN OREGON.
OR HOW ABOUT A NEW STATE
CALLED WESTERN MARYLAND, OR
NORTH COLORADO?
THESE ARE REAL MOVEMENTS
GAINING TRACTION.
JEFFREYS HAIR RUNS AN EFFORT
TO FIGHT AN OUT OF CONTROL
LEGISLATURE TRYING TO RAM
BIG GOVERNMENT POLICIES DOWN
THE THROATS OF VOTERS.
IT IS THE TALK OF TOWNHALL
MEETINGS.
I HAVE SEEN CHANGES
PARTICULARLY OVER THE LAST
10 TO 15 YEARS IN THIS STATE
THAT CONCERN ME.
IT IS PREDOMINANTLY LEFT
VERSUS RIGHT, BUT URBAN
VERSUS RURAL.
David: AND THAT'S THE
CRUX OF THE ISSUE, RURAL
AMERICANS ACROSS MANY STATES
FEEL THEY'RE JUST NOT BEING
HEARD.
THEIR LAUNDRY LIST IS LONG.
AT THE TOP, GUN CONTROL
LAWS.
THEY ARE OUT OF TOUCH
WITH RURAL, COLORADO.
THERE IS AN ATTACK ON RURAL
COLORADO.
IT IS NOT JUST WITH THE GUN
CONTROL LAWS.
IT IS ON SEVERAL OF THE
OTHER BILLS THAT THEY
PASSED.
THE GOVERNMENT MANDATES
COVER RENEWABLE ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THAT
RESTRICT OIL AND GAS
DRILLING, AND CONTROVERSIAL
SOCIAL ISSUES LIKE GAY
MARRIAGE.
ORGANIZERS WANT TO CREATE
NORTH COLORADO, AND THAT
IDEA WENT TO VOTERS IN 11
COUNTIES THIS PAST FALL.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT
IS NECESSARILY THE WAY TO
MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITHIN
THE AREA THAT YOU LIVE.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK
WITHIN OUR ELECTORAL
SERVICES.
David: THE SO-CALLED
SUCESSION MOVEMENT HERE IN
COLORADO HAD MIXED RESULTS
THIS PAST NOVEMBER.
SOME COUNTIES APPROVED IT.
OTHERS DIDN'T.
BUT THE ORGANIZERS OF THE
51st INITIATIVE SAY HOLD
ON A MOMENT, THIS TYPE OF
MOVEMENT TAKES TIME.
MOVEMENTS TAKE TIME, AND
EDUCATION TAKES TIME.
AND PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM
SAYING I AM GOING TO LIVE IN
A DIFFERENT STATE, EVEN
THOUGH THEY LIVE IN THE SAME
HOUSE.
TO SAY I'M GOING TO LIVE IN
THE STATE OF LIBERTY OR
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
David: THAT DESIRE FOR
SOMETHING DIFFERENT CAN BE
FELT IN STATES LIKE ARIZONA,
MICHIGAN, AND IN WESTERN
MARYLAND, WHERE THOUSANDS
HAVE SIGNED SUCESSION
PETITIONS.
ONE WEBSITE READS, QUOTE,"WE
INTEND TO EXERCISE OUR RIGHT
OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND
GOVERNANCE FOR RIGHTS TO
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS."
IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
LISTEN AND GOVERN IN A WAY
THAT IS MORE IN OUR
ACCORDANCE OF HOW WE WANT TO
BE GOVERNED, WE WANT A
DIVORCE.
THE STATE FLAG INCLUDES
TWO "X"S, REPRESENTING THEIR
FEELING OF BEING DOUBLE
CROSSED.
WE NEED BOOTS ON THE
GROUND, GOING TO YOUR
CHURCHES AND JOBS, WHEREVER
YOUR AT, AND EXPLAIN IT TO
PEOPLE AND GET SIGNATURES OF
SUPPORT.
David: CREATING A NEW
STATE ISN'T EASY.
THE LAST TIME A STATE
ACTUALLY GAVE UP TERRITORY
WAS IN 1820, WHEN MAINE
SPLIT FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
SINCE THEN, ADDITIONAL
EFFORTS HAVE BEEN
UNSUCCESSFUL.
THE FIRST STEP IS GETTING IT
PASSED BY THE STATE
LEGISLATURE, AND THEN ON TO
THE U.S. CONGRESS.
THIS IS A VALID
CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS THAT
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
SPECIFICALLY WROTE IN THE
CONSTITUTION.
IF THEY DIDN'T WRITE IT INTO
THE CONSTITUTION TO BE USED,
THEN WHY DID THEY WRITE IT
IN?
David: BUT SUPPORTERS
HAVE AN UPHILL BATTLE.
THE MEDIA WILL NOT BE THEIR
FRIEND.
THE DANGER IS ONCE THE
OUTSIDE MEDIA STARTS TO GRAB
HOLD OF IT, THE ATTENTION IS
ON THE DIFFICULTY OF IT
HAPPENING.
David: STATE
SUCCESSION OPPONENTS WILL
KEEP FIGHTING BECAUSE THEY
SAY THE DISMISSIVE ATTITUDE
MUST END.
I FIND THE ARROGANT,
DISMISSIVE TO BE FURTHER
PROOF OF JUST HOW
DISCONNECTED THE URBAN IS
FROM THE RURAL.
David: MOVEMENTS LIKE
THIS IN COLORADO AND OTHER
STATES COULD BE JUST THE
BEGINNING.
THIS IS A NATIONAL
PROBLEM.
David: IT IS CALLED
VOTER DISCONTENT, WHERE THE
PEOPLE SAY THEY'VE HAD
ENOUGH AND THEY'RE CRYING
OUT FOR SOMETHING TO BE
DONE.
WE AT SOME POINT HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET OUR
POINT ACROSS, OR AT LEAST TO
HAVE ABLE TO HAVE A DIALOGUE
AND NOT BE IGNORED.
BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
ANYTHING YET.
I THINK ALSO WHAT PEOPLE
WANT, WHETHER YOU LOOK AT IT
FROM THE LEFT OR RIGHT,
PEOPLE WANT GOVERNMENT TO
STAY OUT OF THEIR BUSINESS.
David: THE STATE OF
COLORADO REALLY HAS GONE
FROM A VERY CONSERVATIVE
STATE TO MORE OF A PURPLE
STATE, SOME WOULD SAY VERY
MUCH A LIBERAL STATE.
ONE OF THE REASONS THEY'RE
SAYING THAT IS FOR MEASURES
LIKE THIS, RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA, NOW LEGAL IN
COLORADO.
THAT'S RIGHT.
IN JANUARY, THAT'S WHEN IT
BECAME LEGAL.
VOTERS APPROVED IT HERE IN
COLORADO.
IT IS KIND OF A LIBERTARIAN
THING.
AND A LOT OF CALIFORNIANS
COMING OUT TO COLORADO AND
HAVING A SAY IN COLORADO
POLITICS.
INDEED, NOW YOU CAN GO TO A
STORE AND PURCHASE MARIJUANA
FOR RECREATIONAL USE.
MY PERSONAL VIEWS ASIDE,
MY JOB IS TO CARRY FORTH THE
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND THE
ENFORCEMENT MEC MISMS OF
MECHANISMS IN A VERY
RESPONSIBLE MATTER.
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IS FROM
AGE 10 WELL INTO OUR
MID-20s.
IT DISRUPTS THE DEVELOPMENT
OF CIRCUITS.
AND STUDIES SHOW REGULAR USE
WHEN YOUR AN ADOLESCENT IS
ASSOCIATED WITH A 6 TO
8-POINT DECREASE IN BRAIN
FUNCTION.
David: ALL RIGHT, WHEN
WE COME BACK, THE CHURCH
LADY GOING UNDERCOVER -- ALL
RIGHT, SHE IS NOT
UNDERCOVER, BUT SHE HAS A
GREAT STORY ABOUT SPORTS
GROUPS AND JESUS CHRIST
ALONG THE FORT RANGE OF
COLORADO.
WITNESSING FOR CHRIST, WHEN
WE COME BACK.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK, EVERYBODY, TO OUR
COLORADO SHOW, "THE BRODY
FILE" ON THE ROAD, FROM
DYLAN, COLORADO.
ABOUT TWO HOURS WEST OF
DENVER.
THE CHURCH LADY ON THE CASE
HERE IN COLORADO.
WE BROUGHT HER ALONG, YOU
KNOW.
SHE TAKES A LOOK NOW AT THE
RED ROCK MINISTRY.
IT IS REALLY INTERESTING,
ABOUT HOW THEY ARE AFFECTING
LIVES FOR JESUS CHRIST, AND
IT ALLHAPPENS THROUGH
SPORTS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
[APPLAUSE]
Reporter: SCOTT'S
VISION OF A FULL-SCALE
SPORTS MINISTRY BEGAN EIGHT
YEARS AGO AT RED ROCK'S
CHURCH IN DENVER, COLORADO.
SHORTLY AFTER APPROACHING
HIS PASTOR WITH THE IDEA, A
VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE WAS BORN,
AND THE RED ROCK SPORTS
MINISTRY DEVELOPED FROM
THERE.
HE THOUGHT WHAT BETTER WAY
TO REACH OUT TO THOSE NOT
INTERESTED IN GOING TO
CHURCH.
WE'RE MEETING THE PEOPLE
OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF OUR
CHURCH IN IN THE COMMUNITY.
SPORTS IS ONE OF THE BEST
WAYS OF CONNECTING WITH
PEOPLE IN A NON-THREATENING
WAY.
Reporter: RED ROCK
SPORTS MINISTRY NOW HAS
YEAR-ROUNDLEAGUES, RANGING
FROM DODGEBALL TO BASEBALL
AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
JENNY PLAYED SPORTS IN
COLLEGE, AND AFTER SHE
GRADUATED, HE HAS A HARD
TIME FINDING A HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE AND FINDING A NEW
CHURCH.
THE RED ROCK BOWLING LEAGUE
DOES BOTH.
I CAN FELLOWSHIP AND FIND
NEW COMMUNITIES THROUGH
SPORTS, AND IT WAS THE
PERFECT THING FOR ME.
I WAS GOING TO RED ROCK
FOR CLOSE TO TWO YEARS.
I SAT IN THE SECOND ROW, IN
THE SAME SPOT EVERY TIME,
AND NEVER REALLY GOT TO KNOW
ANYONE.
SO WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT
THE BOWLING LEAGUE, I KNEW I
NEEDED MORE CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY IN MY LIFE, AND
THAT WAS EASY FOR ME.
I CAN MEET PEOPLE IN A
NON-SCARY WAY.
Reporter: THE RED ROCK
SPORTS MINISTRY HERE IN
COLORADO HAS REALLY MADE AN
IMPACT WHEN IT COMES TO
AFFECTING LIVES FOR JESUS
CHRIST.
THOUSANDS HAVE SIGNED UP TO
TAKE PART IN THESE SPORTS
GROUPS BECAUSE ORGANIZERS
BELIEVE IT IS NOT JUST
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU'RE PHYSICALLY FIT, BUT
SPIRITUALLY FIT AS WELL.
THERE ARE SO MANY
OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW,
HAVE FUN WHILE WORKING OUT.
I THINK THAT IS THE HARDEST
THING NOWADAYS.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT THAT
HO-HUM.
THE 35 MINUTES ON A
TREADMILL.
YOU GET BORED.
THIS WAY YOU MEET NEW
PEOPLE, THERE IS FELLOWSHIP,
AND YOU'RE STILL GETTING A
GOOD WORKOUT.
Reporter: PEOPLE PRAY
AFTER THE GAMES, NOT
BEFORE.
IT HELPS CUT DOWN ON
UNSPORTSMAN-LIKE CONDUCT,
EVEN THOUGH PLAYERS ADMIT
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH
A LITTLE HEALTHY
COMPETITION.
I HAVE MET SO MANY PEOPLE
THAT HAVE STRUGGLED BUILDING
A COMMUNITY THAT AREN'T
CHRISTIANS.
I'LL INVITE THEM TO BE ON
THE BASKETBALL TEAM, AND
THEY'RE CAPTIVATED THAT WE
PRAY AFTERWARDS WITH THESE
PEOPLE, OUR COMPETITORS, OUR
OPPONENTS, THAT WE JUST WENT
TO WAR WITH IN THE GAMES,
AND WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THAT
ALL ASIDE AND COME BACK
TOGETHER AT THE END.
WE TRY TO BRING EVERYBODY
TOGETHER AT THE END OF THE
GAME, TO SHOW APPRECIATION
FOR THE FACT THEY'RE GETTING
TO PLAY A SPORT AND LESSEN
THOSE EMOTIONS A LITTLE BIT,
SO WE CAN LEAVE THE COURT OR
THE FIELD JUST BEING FRIENDS
AGAIN.
Reporter: MAINTAINING
CHRIST-LIKE FRIENDSHIPS
BETWEEN OPPOSING TEAMS MAY
BE ONE GOAL, BUT ANOTHER IS
KEEPING THEIR TEAMS AT A
HIGH SKILL LEVEL.
YOU'RE KIND OF TAKEN OUT
OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE, YOU
HAVE TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.
YOU'RE FORCED OUT OF YOUR
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS.
THE CULTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN GREAT BECAUSE THE
FOLLOWING SEASON, ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU'RE DRAFTED ON A
NEW TEAM AND YOU'RE PLAYING
AGAINST THOSE FRIENDS THAT
YOU PLAYED AGAINST THE
SEASON BEFORE.
Reporter: IT HAS GROWN
BEYOND THE CHURCH WALLS AND
INTO MANY PARTS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
BRUCE SAYS THEY ARE CALLED
TO FILL THE VOID IN THE
HEARTS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED IT
THE MOST.
WE WORK WITH ORPHANAGES,
WE WORK WITH HOMELESS
PEOPLE, WE WORK WITH PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES.
WE JUST WANT TO GET
INVOLVED.
AS A CHURCH, WE WANT TO
BLESS THE COMMUNITY.
IT IS SO MANY STORIES THAT
WE HEAR WHERE THEY CREDIT
BEING INTRODUCED TO THE
CHURCH THROUGH THE SPORTS
MINISTRY, AND BEING
INTRODUCED TO THEIR NEW
COMMUNITY OF FRIENDS, AND
ULTIMATELY GIVING THEIR LIFE
TO THE LORD AND YON BEYOND
THAT, BEING BAPTIZED.
Reporter: THE PASTOR
SAYS BELIEVE IN WHAT A
SPORTS MINISTRY CAN DO AND
WATCH YOUR CHURCH GROW.
David: THE CHURCH
LADY, ON THE CAPE HERE IN
COLORADO.
ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME
BACK, ONE-ON-ONE WITH
SHERIFF COOK IN WELLS
COUNTY, COLORADO.
HE IS NOT GOING TO ENFORCE
SOME OF THE STRICTER GUN
LAWS.
WHY, YOU SAY?
THE ANSWER IS NEXT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK, EVERYBODY, TO
BEAUTIFUL DYLAN, COLORADO.
DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN
THIS?
THE SUN IS SHINING.
THE MOUNTAINS BEHIND ME ARE
JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
SHERIFF JOHN COOK, REMEMBER
THE NAME.
HE IS NOT GOING TO ENFORCE
ANY COLORADO GUN CONTROL
LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED
BY THE LIBERAL STATE
LEGISLATURE HERE IN DENVER.
HE IS ONE OF 55 SHERIFFS WHO
SAY, NO DICE, NOT GOING TO
DO IT.
HE BELIEVES THEY ARE, IN
ESSENCE, UNENFORCEABLE.
HERE IS SOME OF OUR
CONVERSATION.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
PASSED SOME GUN CONTROL LAWS
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND THEY DID IT IN SUCH A
WAY THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY
WANT ANY INPUT.
THEY HAD AN AGENDA.
SO THE SHERIFFS -- WE HAD
ABOUT 30 OF THE SHERIFFS
THAT WENT DOWN AND TESTIFIED
AT THE CAPITAL, OR TRIED TO
TESTIFY, ABOUT THE GUN
CONTROL BILLS BECAUSE WHAT
THEY WERE DOING WAS A
KNEE-JERK REACTION TO THE
AURORA SHOOTING AND THE
NEWTOWN SHOOTING LAST YEAR.
SO THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAD
TO DO SOMETHING.
WHAT THEY DID WAS SAID,
WELL, WE'RE LEGISLATORS.
WE HAVE TO GIVE THE
IMPRESSION WE'RE GOING TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THEY CAME UP WITH THESE
HORRIBLE, UNENFORCEABLE,
VAGUE LAWS ON GUN CONTROL.
JESUS CHRIST COULD HAVE COME
DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND
TESTIFIED AGAINST THESE
BILLS AND THEY STILL WOULD
HAVE PASSED THEM BECAUSE
THEY HAD AN AGENDA.
WE, AS SHERIFFS, SAID WE'RE
GOING TO SUE THE STATE OF
COLORADO AGAINST THESE GUN
CONTROL BILLS BECAUSE WE
FEEL THEY'RE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THAT'S OUR OPINION.
AND THEY'RE UNENFORCEABLE.
AND SO IT IS A SECOND
AMENDMENT VIOLATION AND A
14th AMENDMENT VIOLATION.
AND I SAID I WOULDN'T
ENFORCE THEM WHEN THEY
PASSED.
THEY'RE UNENFORCEABLE,
THEREFORE I'M NOT GOING TO
ENFORCE THEM.
IT IS ALL ABOUT PRIORITIES.
David: THAT IS SHERIFF
JOHN COOK HERE ON "THE BRODY
FILE."
WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT
THREE HOURS FROM HERE, FROM
DYLAN, COLORADO, THE
BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS, TO THE
EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO.
DEER TRAIL, COLORADO.
WAIT UNTIL YOU MEET BILL
STEEL.
IF YOU'RE FLYING A DRONE
OVER HIS HOUSE, TAKE IT DOWN
OR ELSE HE WILL.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK, EVERYBODY, TO DYLAN,
COLORADO.
THE SKI RESORT, 20 MINUTES
AWAY, BRECONRIDGE, COLORADO,
ABOUT 30 MINUTES AWAY.
WE WANT TO GO THREE HOURS
FROM HERE EAST, TO DEER
TRAIL COLORADO.
A SMALL TOWN, 500 PEOPLE OR
SO.
THE TOWN IS DIVIDED, AND IT
IS BECAUSE OF THIS GUY.
PHIL STEEL.
HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR A
WHILE.
HE HAS COME UP WITH A TOWN
ORDINANCE WHERE HE BASICALLY
WANTS TO SHOOT DRONES OUT OF
THE SKY IF THEY COME OVER
THE TOWN OF DEER TRAIL.
SOME FOLKS DON'T LIKE IT,
AND OTHERS DO, BUT EITHER
WAY, PHIL IS IN THE MIDDLE
OF A HEAP OF CONTROVERSY.
IT IS KIND OF OVER THE
TOP.
David: BILL STEEL
ISN'T PLAYING AROUND.
A BAYONET.
David: HE IS LOCKED
AND LOADED AND READY FOR
SOME DRONE ACTION IN DEER
TRAIL.
HE HAS EVEN BUILT A WATCH
TOWER, WHERE HE WOULD BE
ALLOWED TO SHOOT DOWN DRONES
IF HIS ORDINANCE PASSED.
SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND
ME, THE AUTHOR OF THE
ORDINANCE.
David: AND IF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIDN'T
TRY TO STOP HIM.
THE ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN
TOTALLY IN THE SPIRIT OF
CIVIL DEFENSE.
THIS COULD WORK WELL AS A
WATCH TOWER, FOR EXAMPLE.
I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR
SMALL, UNMANNED AERIAL
VEHICLES.
THEY WOULD COME IN A VARIETY
OF DIFFERENT
CONFIGURATIONS.
THE ORDINANCE SETS FORTH A
NUMBER OF CRITERIA FOR I
IDENTIFYING ONE.
IT MUST BE WINDOW LESS WITH
NO APPARENT MEANS OF EG
EGRESS OR ENTRY.
IT MUST BE TOO SMALL FOR
HUMAN IN HABITATION.
IT MUST BE AN UNMANNED
VEHICLE.
IT HAS TO BE FLYING UNDER
1,000 FEET.
AND GRAVITY DOES THE REST.
David: WHEN PHIL CAME
DOWN FROM THAT WATCH TOWER,
HE SHOWED UP HIS SOUPED UP
GUN.
THE SCOPE IS REALLY
NICE.
IT ACTUALLY -- I WAS
ACTUALLY ABLE TO
SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGE A ROCKET
AT 600 FEET WITH THAT.
THE OTHER IS A LASER.
AND A TACTICAL FLASHLIGHT.
David: WHY IS PHIL
DOING THIS?
HE SAYS WHILE TECHNOLOGY CAN
BE GOOD, IT IS NOT IN THIS
CASE.
THIS IS CYBERSPACE, WHERE
CYBERSPACE MEETS THE REAL
SPACE AND TIME.
THE GOVERNMENT IS TELLING US
THAT DRONES HAVE MANY GOOD
AND BENEFICIAL PURPOSES,
WILDFIRES, LIVESTOCK AND ALL
OF THIS.
I'LL TELL YOU THE REALITY,
THOUGH.
THE REALITY IS A LAW THAT
PASSED IN 2012, THAT TAKES
EFFECT IN DECEMBER OF 2015,
REDEFINING NA NAVIGATIONAL
AIR SPACE, ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO THE GROUND LEVEL, ACROSS
EVERY SQUARE INCH OF
AMERICA.
IN THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE THE
INTERSTATE COMMERCE CLAUSE
OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
THAT MEANS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY REGULATE
THINGS THAT AFFECT
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
THE SPACE THAT THE AIRPLANES
FLY EXTENDS ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO THE GROUND, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL BE ABLE TO
REGULATE EVERY ACTIVITY IN
HUMAN LIFE.
David: AND HE GOES ON
TO SAY THESE DRONES COULD
HAVE DEVIOUS PURPOSES.
IN FIVE YEARS, THE SKIES
ARE GOING TO BE BLACK WITH
THESE THINGS.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE
MILLIONS OF THEM.
AND WHENTHERE ARE, WHEN
THERE ARE MILLIONS, SOME OF
THEM WILL BE USED BY DRUG
DEALERS TO DELIVER DRUGS.
OTHERSBE USED BY
PEOPLE FOR STALKING,
VOYERISM, PEDOPHILES, CASING
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
BURGLARIES.
David: WHERE DOES IT
END?
THIS CREATES CRIME.
David: STEEL'S PLAN IS
DIVIDING THE SMALL TOWN OF
DEER TRAIL.
SHARON MORGAN, WHO WORKS AT
A LOCAL GAS STATION, HAS
CONCERNS.
THE WHOLE PLAN IS VERY
WELL-THOUGHT OUT.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT IS
RIGHT FOR DEER TRAIL.
Reporter: WHY IS THAT?
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AGAINST
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S MY MONEY FLYING UP IN
THE AIR AS A DRONE.
IT IS HERE TO HELP US WITH
AGRICULTURE, HOW OUR CROPS
GROW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT IS NOT HERE TO SPY ON
US.
WE'RE DEER TRAIL.
REALLY?
LITERALLY, WE'RE DEER
TRAIL.
WHAT IS THERE TO SPY ON?
Reporter: MORGAN SAYS
STEEL'S PLAN HAS AT TIMES
MADE THEM THE BUTT OF
JOKES.
IT IS A FRUSTRATION FOR
THE TOWN.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, AND
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO
THINK IT HAS SHED A VERY BAD
LIGHT ON THIS TOWN.
IT HAS KIND OF MADE US A
JOKE.
I MEAN, MY BROTHER CALLED ME
FROM ALBUQUERQUE AND ASKED
ME IF I WAS BUILDING A
BIGGER GARAGE SO I COULD
HOUSE ALL MY OF CARS SO THEY
WOULDN'T GET HIT WITH THE
SHOTGUN SHELLS.
AND HE SAID, CAN YOU GIVE ME
A DRONE LICENSE.
David: BUT STEEL SAYS
HE IS NOT GOING TO BE
DETERRED.
HE IS CARRYING ON.
THIS IS ASSERTING OUR
RIGHTS TO THE SOVEREIGNTY OF
OUR TOWN AND ITS CITIZENS.
AND THE SOVEREIGNTY AN OF
THE AIR SPACE OF THE TOWN.
David: BILL STEEL HERE
ON "THE BRODY FILE."
WHEN WE COME BACK, A
6-YEAR-OLD AND SEXUAL
HARASSMENT?
OY-GEVALT.
FROM COLORADO, BACK IN A
MOMENT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK, EVERYBODY, TO DYLAN,
COLORADO, HERE ON "THE BRODY
FILE."
WE'RE ON THE ROAD ONCE
AGAIN.
TIME NOW FOR AN OY-VEY
MOMENT OF THE WEEK, MEDICAL
MARIJUANA COULD BE AN OY-VEY
MOMENT OF THE WEEK, BUT
WE'VE GOT A BETTER ONE.
HERE IT IS.
WELL, I WANT YOU TO MEET
6-YEAR-OLD HUNTER.
HE GOES TO AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN CANYON CITY,
COLORADO.
IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO
WEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
GUESS WHAT, FOLKS?
HE HAS GOT A RECORD.
THAT'S RIGHT, THIS
6-YEAR-OLD HAS A RECORD OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
WAIT A MINUTE.
HOLD ON.
HERE IS WHAT HE DID?
HE KISSED A GIRL ON THE
CHEEK, OR WAS IT THE HAND?
WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE.
BUT HERE IS HIS SIDE OF THE
STORY.
AND I WENT OVER AND
KISSED HER ON THE HAND.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
THE OTHER CHILDREN SAW IT
AND WENT TO THE MUSIC
TEACHER.
AND THAT WAS THE DAY THAT I
HAD THE MEETING WITH THE
PRINCIPAL, WHERE SHE FIRST
SAID SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
David: NOW THEY'RE
SAYING, INSTEAD OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT, IT WILL BE
CALLED SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
BUT EITHER WAY, THE SCHOOL
OFFICIALS SAY IT IS STILL ON
HIS RECORD AND IT WILL STAY
ON HIS RECORD.
BY THE WAY, HUNTER, IF YOU
HAVE A RECORD YOU CAN'T WORK
FOR "THE BRODY FILE," BUT IT
WILL BE HOPEFULLY CLEARED
SOMETIME.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, WE'LL SEE
YOU IN THE STUFFY OLD
STUDIO.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK.