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posted by CoolHand on Wednesday December 13 2017, @11:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-drone-on dept.

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The US' brief period of registration-free drone flight is over -- President Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2018, and it revives the registration requirement for civilian drones. Robotic fliers between 0.5lbs and 55lbs need to be submitted to a database if they're going to remain legal. A Washington, DC appeals court had struck down the FAA's original requirement in May, arguing that it didn't have the authority to regulate model aircraft, but that clearly wasn't a deterrent. The FAA had said said it would rethink its approach to the regulation after its earlier defeat.

Naturally, the FAA is slightly giddy. In a statement to TechCrunch, the agency welcomed the return of registration arguing that it helped "promote safe and responsible drone operation."

Source: https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/12/trump-signs-bill-requiring-drone-registration/


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @11:41PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @11:41PM (#609490)

    Or a street corner.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @11:49PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @11:49PM (#609495)

    He wants to keep his gun not have to hide the thing. If he gets found with an illegal gun he would go to jail for a decent amount of time. You know those non existent regulations we are talking about...

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:32AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:32AM (#609510)

      Since you are allowed to manufacture up to 3(??) guns a year if you build them yourself, serial-free!

      Part of the scam with this whole thing is there are plenty of ways to avoid the regulations for someone dedicated enough, but also lots of pitfalls once you do (like if said gun gets used in commission of a crime, or your house gets raided by police, not having it as a registered/serialized firearm may lead to more trouble and scrutiny than you would like.)

      Having said that, I frown on drone control just as much as I frown on gun control. Neither are intended to keep us safe, but rather to allow the government and its private-sector cohorts access to convenient pieces of technology they can use against us without providing the same technological deterrents to the law abiding public (they don't really care if criminals can have them, but they don't want sufficient citizenry having access to it to scrutinize their actions, or the firepower to provide militarized deterrence if they start infringing on enough liberties for people to get up in arms about.