Own a drone? Law enforcement will soon be allowed to shoot it down

I own a DJI Spark. It's not the most expense drone out there, but it's a good one. I love its ability to take video and photos from angles that I could never manage from the ground. I do not, however, love the fact that law enforcement officials in the United States will soon be able to shoot it down.

According to TechCrunch, the Senate passed the FAA Reauthorization Act earlier this week. It's a bill that does a lot of good stuff like allowing for the continued funding of the FAA and ensuring that passengers on commercial flights aren't treated any more like cattle than we already are. However, there's also some bits in pieces in the bill that provide law enforcement officials with permission to screw with privately-owned drones.

From TechCrunch:

...critics say the new authority that gives the government the right to disrupt, exercise control, or seize or otherwise confiscate drones thats deemed a credible threat is dangerous and doesnt 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 anyones drone for any justifiable reason.

Should federal and municipal authorities be able to take out drones that threaten human life or national security by flying into airspace that's reserved for air travel or zipping through the sky over a nuclear power plant? Read the rest