Sorry Sport-Pilot, you are so warped up in proving the wrong thing that you missed the entire point of his post which was wrapped up with a leading and ending sentence. Those 2 directly address the very issue you are trying to play games with. Maybe if someone hits you with one of these toys, your point of view will include public safety which INCLUDES YOUR TRASHY QUADCOPTER OVER MY HOUSE! Is that message clear enough for you or is it going to take Big Bird or Kermit to explain it to you?

All this fighting over SCOTUS decisions from decades ago that have been superseded by technology and rules changes is simply spoiled rotten brats whining to get their way to play with dangerous toys. Yes, I understand that there ARE some things that HAVE to be handed over to prevent the anarchists from killing off the general public out of stupid carelessness and their total lack of concern. These are the same idiots that created the need for lawn mowers with switches so you cannot leave them running for a second to move something in your path and other switches to prevent you from backing up your lawn tractor with the deck engaged or the McDonalds coffee cup redesign. As a pilot I have almost had a mid air with some idiot flying model and having survived a bird strike, which helps me understand the dangers these newer platforms present. Those whining about freedoms lost might change their approach if it were their corpses that were burned because the fire retardant plane diverted or if their loved one perished because the life saving helicopter couldn't get past the UAV taking pictures. Too many say it can't happen in my community and no one I know is stupid enough to take those risks and present them to the public. That is NOT the problem boys and girls! The problem is that this junk is cheap enough and good enough that way too many Joe SixPacks can and do afford it but have no clue as to the potential for disaster they court with when doing things outside the 'rules' of reasonable, rational, and safe conduct. Look at the White House incident for a clue as to how far and wide this problem is.

Sorry, this whole subject irks me because I see fellow modelers fighting to protect dummies that endanger the general public in the name of freedom rather than looking at what can be done to solve the problem before someone shuts us all down.

/end rant