Originally Posted by
Sport_Pilot
I disagree. We can stop this and it won't just be AMA members. A case has already been won by someone who shot a drone out of the sky over his property. Property rights cases may make hay of this. The FAA has gotten around this largely by settling cases out of court. They cannot do that if there is a large number of cases.
Sport, you're using at best anecdotal information...there is not "case" that was on about a drone being shot out of the sky, nor will property rights cases guide here...the NAS isn't our property, and the FAA has settled exactly one case if I'm not mistaken, basically reducing a fine (which was still paid by the offending party). Even if there were going to be a large number of cases against the FAA, which there won't be, it won't affect how the NAS is regulated for the most part.