Oh ok, I didn't know this. So someone besides Congress is implementing drone laws at the federal level, is that correct? Depending on the circumstances happening on the ground at any one point, the laws can be changed for corrective action or punitive reasons or other reasons necessary, is that right? Who besides Congress is coming up with this, is it the FAA?
And by "quickly" introducing AGL and VLOS rules to correct this behavior, are properly-flown drones now safe and free of the "obvious" danger to property and third parties they posed prior to the time where those pesky recreational flyers use to fly as high as they wanted and as far away as they could and basically caused the high rate of accidents and damages that we no longer see today because of these new rules?
I haven't been at this drone thing long so maybe I am simply unaware but I don't recall a time where UAVs were allowed to fly amongst and alongside the manned aircraft two, three, fives miles away up in the thousands of feet altitude. Bottom line for me is *if* you did that back then, you're gonna do it now regardless especially with the modern, more capable drones. The law has zero impact on the criminals and seeing that the criminals were the ones "destroying" things, such an approach is futile; just ask the troopers about speed limits for cars. Ultimately what this thinking does is hurt more the honest folks who make a mistake.
Anyway, I follow the current laws best I can at all times and what triggered me was your unfair characterization of recreational drone users (the one's who drive the drone industry in America and make it what it is and has become today) as idiots and bragging about putting everyone in danger.
Do they follow the rules? Not always. Are they hurting people and destroying property and bragging about it; nope. Recreational drone flying is not a crime and the pilots who fly them for fun are not criminals.