> Sounds like a slippery slope argument. Strange, I'm having a hard time thinking of a single US government program that hasn't expanded far beyond the origina

> Sounds like a slippery slope argument. Strange, I'm having a hard time thinking of a single US government program that hasn't expanded far beyond the original justification. Bureaucracies expand, water is wet. A classic example of a USG switcheroo would be the social security number being used for identification purposes beyond social security administration. A more contemporary example would be the NSA providing intel to the DEA for domestic law enforcement, which I'm sure wasn't part of the founding mission statement. > Which governments of civilized, democratic countries... So only a true Scotsman? > Are you saying you don't want any laws... Are you saying that if somebody caused an accident with a drone, then prosecutors would just throw up their hands? We already have enough laws on the books to charge anybody for anything. If causing a horrible accident isn't enough of disincentive for a drone operator then I doubt that they'd pay any attention to the FAA.