Wellhiem Loc: Sunny England.

Even if you own the property, you don't own the air space above it. If you did, then no aircraft would be able to fly over head. So where do you draw the line, 30,000 or 30 feet?

riverlass Loc: northern California

It's about the intent and behavior of the drone camera, not who owns the air space.

tschmath Loc: Los Angeles

While I understand your objection, what happens to the bullets that you fire that miss? Those bullets have to land somewhere, and with lots of people doing what you propose, the danger to innocent citizens skyrockets. How would you feel knowing one of the bullets you fired killed a kid on a bike half a block or half a mile away? This is a tough predicament.

Wellhiem Loc: Sunny England.

I agree. I have one of these drones. I wouldn't dream of using it to spy on anyone. But I'm saying where would you draw the line? Obviously, using it to look through someone's windows, would be wrong. But if you were using it in your own garden, and it happened to just stray over your next door neighbours garden, would that be wrong?

riverlass Loc: northern California

I'm a very good shot. One shot in the middle of 42 acres is not going to hurt anyone... but me.
Seriously, I would not shoot down a drone, but I sure would report one that was hovering over my house. NO reason for it to be way out here or for us to not know why.

Doug B Loc: Edmonton Alberta

It comes down to what you as a citizen expect as reasonable privacy and what you as the photographer consider your rights. I am a photographer but would be uncomfortable if a drone with a camera was hovering over my property.
It is like owning a car. you as an operator are expected to have complete control of your machine. Makes me wonder what would happen if a drone was over a public incident and how would the police act, shoot it down? They never like being spied on when they are abusing the system. It brings a whole new meaning to your rights. Isn't progress wonderful:-)

riverlass Loc: northern California

Well, again, I live way out in the country on 42 acres. My next door neighbor's garden is about a quarter of a mile away.We have two neighbors and they are good friends as well. I would never shoot out over them or my road... or any place that I couldn't see. I guess my line would be drawn when the drone hovered long enough to make me nervous and someone was coming up our long dirt road that I didn't know, with the controller in their hands.
I DON'T KNOW. When I'm here by myself, I get a little nervous and my gun makes me feel really safe. My neighbors can get here faster than the sheriff, so that's a good feeling... but they might not be home. Heck, I could get attacked by a mountain lion while I'm feeding the chickens. Don't dwell on what my trigger point would be. I know what I'm doing. I'm the responsible gun owner, not the stolen gun in the "hood".
That drone has no right to be anywhere near my house without my permission. I just happen to think that it's an invasion of privacy whether it's looking into my windows or not. It's just the beginning of another problem. Maybe not for you. You sound like a responsible and reasonable person.
I just got a Adorama catalog that is advertizing drones now, so I guess they are going mainstream. They call them "Phantom Quadcopter Flying Cameras"... from $300. to$1,369. Even I find this kind of intriguing. I would love to see my house from above. Well, not really, but I kind of see the appeal. I would rather spend the money on a good lens for my camera.
Crazy people are crazy people whether they have a gun or a drone, or text while driving. People do damage. There will be lawsuits. An out of control drone could kill someone's dog and the fun will begin. :roll: