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Trump Signs Law Forcing Drone Users To Register With Government (thehill.com)
President Trump signed a sweeping defense policy bill into law on Tuesday that will allow the government to require recreational drone users to register their model aircraft.
This comes after a federal court ruled in May that Americans no longer have to register non-commercial drones with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) "because Congress had said in a previous law that the FAA can't regulate model aircraft," reports The Hill. From the report: In December 2015, the FAA issued an interim rule requiring drone hobbyists to register their recreational aircraft with the agency. The rule -- which had not been formally finalized -- requires model aircraft owners to provide their name, email address and physical address; pay a $5 registration fee; and display a unique drone ID number at all times. Those who fail to comply could face civil and criminal penalties. While Congress directed the FAA to safely integrate drones into the national airspace in a 2012 aviation law, lawmakers also included a special exemption to prevent model aircraft from being regulated. A D.C.-based appeals court cited the 2012 law in its ruling striking down the FAA drone registry, arguing that recreational drones count as model aircraft and that the registry counts as a rule or regulation.
Ok .. and do tourists, visitors to America, people on work visa's, etc, do they need to register their drone if they decided to bring one with them on their trip?
How is that going to work?
you don't have the right to fly drones. That's a privilege.
You have the right to do anything that isn't illegal. That's how our government is set up. I don't even see how the federal government has the power to regulate this - this is a state's rights issue.
As someone who has had a consistent issue with a neighbour overflying and filming my female housemate while she sunbathes in our own back yard, it's hard to object to this. If the drone had to display an identification number, I'd be able to identify him and report him to the police, and if it has none, the police would have recourse to remove the damn thing from the airspace over my backyard and actually punish the peeping tom. And more importantly, the penalties the culprit will suffer when caught while be FAR greater, since LAPD have so far shown absolutely no interest in doing anything about it whatsoever - because they know it'll require effort and paperwork and the guy will never suffer anything more than a wrist-slap fine, if that. And before anyone suggests the obvious, bear in mind I live in urban LA, where the use of firearms to take out an overflying drone is distinctly frowned upon by local law enforcement - to a FAR greater degree than being a peeping tom is, apparently. I am seriously considering some kind of net launcher, though, I have to admit.
Gun registration was used to great effect in NOLA just after Katrina when the police went in and rounded up guns from people's homes.
Really. the moderators couldn't even spend 1 minute to show that you have purposely worded that to push a right wing talking point.
https://www.thetrace.org/2015/...
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