They already are regulated, more so than guns in the US, because the FAA is absolutely autistically anal about everything, but for good reason because of the almost always severe consequences if there's an accident. Similar to hot air balloons, drones can't be controlled by an ATC in restricted airspace, meaning that traffic controllers have no clue when or where anyone could be flying a drone. If a drone impacts an aircraft, that aircraft has a pretty good chance of being fucked up and causing an emergency scenario. Just a few weeks ago there was a fiasco with a drone pilot flying his drone during a temporary restricted airspace who lost site of his drone, and it impacted a Blackhawk and came an inch away from completely destroying it and killing everyone on board. The reason for the weight requirement is twofold, a. if it's heavier it generally can fly higher, and b. can cause more damage to aircraft. The reason drones are restricted isn't that they can possibly be used against the government.
Huthi rebels use a drone to kill Yemenis during a parade
I agree, the ban on flying them is restricted airspace is entirely justified.
I'm not entirely convinced by the mandatory licensing and registration though. They found neither the drone nor the operator that was responsible for the Gatwick incident, so even if there had been licensing and registration there'd be no way to connect it to anyone other than "what drone owners live nearby?".
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In all seriousness however, i would have to go with since Taiwan itself is a developed country and much like Korea, the chinks managed to not fuck up the previous infrastructure that the Japanese had built during Taiwan’s surprisingly prosperous tenure as her colony. Besides the decades-long marshal law that was imposed when the KMT’s power was slipping, i have yet to see any real cultural backwardsness that could rival the mainland chinese.
I guess i could have Singapore as a runner-up but Singapore has ties with the Israelis so some of you might kvetch about that.
Taiwan is nice, and has a pretty nice gun legislation that is much like America's, with the right to bear arms being written in to law, though I don't know the specifics of Taiwanese legislature. It's a very nice country though; friendly people, and many Japanese speakers. I just want to defend Taiwanese smiles
Other than that, maybe the Philippines? They have a pretty strong gun culture, despite their laws; I know Indonesia is strict in legislature too, but there was some fuss about the police essentially handing out gun licenses on a shall issue basis some time back.
I can understand and appreciate air safety, but I live in Tokyo which I do plan on moving out of once I graduate Uni and there are many parks that are sizeable and opened enough for a flight. It's just a pain in the arse to have to wait 10 days to get approval every time you go out to fly.
It would be nice if there were outdoor "Drone/RC parks", but I've not heard back from the local council regarding that.
Taiwan is what China could have been like had it not been poisoned with Marxism.
Taiwan is what China could have been like had it been put under the Japanese sphere of influence; polite, not fervently niggerish, and humble. 2.28 massacre, don't forget. 狗去豬來
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Was the same not true of Hong Kong before the Eternal Anglo had no choice but to give it up, which while unfortunate for its people was unavoidable in the circumstances?
Hong Kong would still be British territory if the iron maiden wasn't made of tinfoil.
We only had to give away the New Territories but Thatcher gave it all away because it wouldn't have been manageable without that land really should've given it Taiwan for the top tier banter