Gnom.es: Weaponized, Peeping Drone Ban Proposed in Congress

Gnom.es: Weaponized, Peeping Drone Ban Proposed in Congress:

Legislation to forbid alarming and increasingly not-so-hypothetical uses of unmanned aircraft was introduced in Congress Tuesday.

The Preserving American Privacy Act, sponsored by Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Ted Poe, R-Texas, would make it illegal for Americans to use increasingly affordable drones to record other people’s private moments, such as a neighbor using the bathroom.

The bill would also ban civilians and law enforcement alike from using drones mounted with firearms, and would require warrants before law enforcement officers use drones to surveil private property not in plain view or obtain information “reasonably likely to enable identification of an individual.”