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The FAA Wants to Stop All of Those Pesky Civilian Drones!

The FAA is trying to regulate little camera drones like mine out of existence.   They have already been shot down for their over-reaching by a federal judge and the FAA has since appealed to a higher court. Now the FAA is back at it, making a new rule and it’s really no better than what was struck down in court. They apparently want to prohibit professional photographers and journalists from capturing aerial images.   The law requires government rules to be subjected to public a comment period that will run out later this month.   The rules carry heavy civil penalties but are not laws per say.    They are of course always subject to court challenge.   My published Comment:      “The FAA wants jurisdiction over a rock thrown into the sky. Criminals can use all sorts of implements to endanger our aircraft and public safety. This is a local police responsibility already. Speaking as a small, multi-rotor and unmanned Phantom 2 came...