I have to rewrite this because Lemmy tossed my comment, links are not accepted in my comments for some reason.
Australia implemented a gun ban and buyback program in 1996 which saw decreases in gun violence, suicides, and mass shootings. This was following a mass shooting in Tasmania.
Since these were already trending downward, some claim the program had no effect. But they collected over 650k guns and IMO this helped the stats fall further. https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/essays/1996-national-firearms-agreement.html
Another buyback program started last year because of a terrorist attack on Bondi Beach. This program is off to a rocky start with a lot of resistance, but it’s only been a few months since they started implementing it.
My inlaws do a big 4th of July fireworks show, for many years a drone would come hover 100ft above us, recording it. We never found out who it was. Fairly creepy actually.
I have a drone and played with it a fair amount, drove it around my neighborhood, well beyond the “line of sight” requirement. I managed to hit trees several times because it doesn’t have fancy avoidance features. Hard to tell from the single camera when you’re rising up or backing into a tree branch.
Eventually I got bored tho. I did learn how to file flight plans, do all the things right. I live near an air force base, so there are entire sections of the city including parks where I cannot fly it.
Eventually it gets a little boring. I can’t wait for my toddler to get a bit older and then he will think it’s fun. For a week, and then he’ll get bored.