This does seem pretty overreaching. Having said that, my experiences are almost hitting a couple in the air, including once at about 4000' and 15 nm from an airport. The other one was recently watching the sunrise at Haleakala in Maui, and as the first light started to creep across the crater some idiot decides it a good idea to send up this buzzing annoyance above the crowd of people. It is a peaceful, almost spiritual moment, and he figures this is a reasonable idea? Thankfully there was a park employee that stopped it and they do have a rule against drones.
Unfortunately the reality is the laws have to account for the lowest common denominator. You have to legislate against stupid.
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