The Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018 regulates airline seat sizes and allows authorities to shoot down drones without obtaining a warrant:
Despite objection, Congress passes bill that lets U.S. authorities shoot down private
U.S. authorities will soon have the authority to shoot down private drones if they are considered a threat — a move decried by civil liberties and rights groups. [...] [Critics] say the new authority that gives the government the right to "disrupt," "exercise control," or "seize or otherwise confiscate" drones that's deemed a "credible threat" is dangerous and doesn't include enough safeguards.
Federal authorities would not need to first obtain a warrant, which rights groups say that authority could be easily abused, making it possible for Homeland Security and the Justice Department and its various law enforcement and immigration agencies to shoot down anyone's drone for any justifiable reason.
Also at CBS and Aero News Network.
See also: New FAA Rules for Drones Go Into Effect
(Score: 3, Informative) by RS3 on Monday October 15 2018, @06:03PM (2 children)
> I'm a second amendment guy, but I don't think it should be legal to shoot guns into the air, either.
My thoughts exactly. And it is not legal to fire bullets into the air. I remember a few years ago someone being killed by a falling bullet which was fired into the air for a 4th of July, or New Years event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebratory_gunfire [wikipedia.org]
I know it's rare, but why endanger people? I'm not okay with "collateral damage".
This isn't the one I remember, but: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-falling-bullet-death-st-0710-20170709-story.html [chicagotribune.com]
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 16 2018, @05:56PM (1 child)
For a drone you would want a shot-gun anyway, and BBs aren't coming down with lethal force.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday October 16 2018, @09:24PM
Okay, makes good sense, thanks. Maybe a .410? I'm not really a gun person but I know some. Right now I can here the distant gunshot sounds from a local skeet shooting range.