Cars are regulated, guns are regulated, slingshots are regulated, motorcycles are regulated, noise is regulated, EMR is regulated, medicine is regulated, knives

Cars are regulated, guns are regulated, slingshots are regulated, motorcycles are regulated, noise is regulated, EMR is regulated, medicine is regulated, knives are regulated, RC airplanes are regulated. Anything that can cause danger is regulated. Leaving drones unregulated is absurd. There is tremendous likelihood that regulating drones will lead to less crime. Banning drones within 1/4 mile of permanent residences and mall rooftops will prevent a large chunk of drone crime. Banning drones from mall areas is not about "making it more illegal to put C4 there." It's about empowering the law and private citizens to forcibly remove drones from a dangerous areas to prevent drone crime. If drones are allowed to buzz around malls, there are no police to determine if one of them is piling up C4 on the roof. If drones are not allowed to buzz around malls, as soon as one as spotted in a no-fly zone, it can be taken out to prevent a dangerous crime.