Should Drones Be Allowed To Fly Over Private Property

Spy drones can be really suspicious at times. Just the thought of someone flying drones over everyone’s head without anyone knowing while they take pictures and videos should motivate everyone to discuss this. Either way, it is invading our privacy and breaking the Fourth Amendment. The National Security and Law Enforcement officials think it is okay to listen to phone calls and look at people’s e-mails. President Obama assured everyone that they do not listen to our conversations or read our e-mails.

The use of drones has brought an uproarious debate among both the people of the United States and the people of the world regarding whether or not drones should be sold and used by the public. Drones were first created for military use to scout and attack terrorists who plan to bring havoc to the United States of America. Ever since the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, funding for the use of drones sky-rocketed because people came to the realization that there was a need to formulate different methods of security and defense. Besides the use of security and defense, people have been developing new uses for drones. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently issuing rules outlining how they can be used. Ever since drones have hit the shelves for consumers to buy, more and

In the article Drone On, Gretchen West addresses the possibilities for drones and her issues with FAA and the slow pace their taking to establish rules for drone operating. She begins with the history of drones. She discusses that drones were primarily use for the military and other government sectors like Homeland Security, until private companies started developing an interest in drones. Instead of helping in wars and watching our boarders, drones were now being used for farming and bridge inspection. Now drones are an international and multibillion dollar industry. Drones, are as a faster and safer way to do things like helping farmers with their crops or help filmmakers shoot amazing footage; drones will benefit everyone. Commercial drones

Still, drones are a form of invasion of privacy but used in moral awareness will keep fellow citizens safe. I think that law enforcement should use drones to overlook people who have previously broken the law or invaded someone’s privacy. Drones can help America protect its privacy by looking out for potential threats while not invading the innocent American lives. I think congress should consider that drones keep a tab on certain criminals who have committed dangerous crimes, to a certain degree.The Supreme Court cases shown in “Right to Privacy” cases were about personal decisions that invaded an individual’s privacy. Cases such as Kelley v Johnson, Roe v Wade and Griswold v Connecticut presented how the government was being controlling of an individual’s personal decision. For example, in the Griswold v Connecticut, a Connecticut law criminalized the encouragement or use of birth control. The 1879 law said if "any person who uses any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purposes of preventing conception shall be fined not less than forty dollars or imprisoned not less than sixty days." This case was not brought to the U.S.

When the topic of drones is brought up, some may think they are not among us and are objects of the future, while others may have one that they’ve built themselves and put to use already. Drones are being talked about more and more but not necessarily all for good reasons. The reading titled “From the Eyes of a Drone” by Tomas van Houtryve touches upon how drones affect surveillance, photography, and use for weapons. In a BBC article, “Drones: What Are They and How Do They Work?” the author goes into specific detail on how the United States is planning to use drones for the military. If regular drone use becomes a normality in society, it is true that amazing photography will be a positive outcome but what about privacy? Drones can aid the military as well, but if they are released for the general public to use on the daily things may get out of control. While drones can impact several aspects of life positively, they can create even more harm than one may think.

In conclusion, the U.S. drone policies are weak, they must be strengthened to create a brighter future for America. America is great in many ways, but if we have people watching our every move with drones, our nation would be an awful place to live. Stricter drone policies are the way to go if America will be the best America it can be. America needs to take a step forward with drone policies if it will become great

Have you heard of a flying robot? Sounds cool, but what if it invaded your privacy or affected your safety, perhaps even caused warfare, would you feel safe? According to author Patricia Smith, in her article “Invasion of the Drones”, she writes that drones are causing major concerns with their different capabilities. However, this may be so, but some may find drones to be useful working with. If you are in the privacy of your own home you would not want someone spying on you with a camera drone, just as one Australia resident was horrified after finding photos of herself from a drone, as Smith wrote in her article (Smith, 2015). Safety is the concern of most countries, there have been many situations surrounding the use of drones that were

Picture your dearest family member out in the battlefield, struggling for dear life. Only being supported by a jug of water and a rifle until a drone appears with medical supplies or reinforcements. Every year technology advances at an increasingly hypersonic pace. The world has gone from the use of bulky telephones to six-inch touch screens. Soon the world will come from using innocent lives to fight for our country to the use of drones in warfare. Thousands of lives each year are cast away in order to protect our country. Drones could be the answer to finding terrorists in Pakistan or Yemen and stop them before they attack. The United States should continue the use of drones in warfare.

Picture someone sitting inside their house by an opened window, enjoying their personal activities like reading a book or watching television; when all of a sudden, they hear the soft quiet buzzing noise outside the window. They look up to see what looks like a flying remote control toy weighing about fifty-five pounds or less, with four miniature flying helicopter propellers, along with a camera staring right back at them. Then the trail of concerns and questions begin: Who is watching? Is someone taking photographic footage? Why are they watching? Aren’t they trespassing? Can this flying technology cause physical harm? In today’s society, these remote controlled miniature flying pieces of technology are called domestic drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) (“Using Drones”). These domestic drones range in size, and have the ability to fly in all directions with a wide signal range. They also have the capabilities of flying almost anywhere that is open to air space, and can maintain a stable level flying position due to their evenly distributed symmetrical structure (McGlynn). This means that drones can hover in one place and capture high definition images. Domestic drones have the “ability to house high-powered cameras, infrared sensors, facial recognition technology, and license plate readers,” as well as the ability to make customized attachments like weapons, or storage compartments (Dolan; Goodman). The accessibility

All in all, drone surveillance is deteriorating our society, as it poses a risk to national security, invades on personal property, and infringes of people’s safety. Drones are everywhere, catching your every move. If citizens refuse to fight back, the government could evolve until they are constantly monitoring everything you do. One solution to this problem is to enforce the fourth amendment more strictly, and restrict police from flying drones into our property without reason or motive. Next time you look outside, imagine what police drones are finding from

The government shouldn’t permit the use of drones, due to cost, failure, and availability. Over the years the government has been bus with more troubling matters as in drug legalization, elections, and the recent police cruelty. They shouldn’t waste time and money on something so small and complicated that will hardly make a difference in the community.

A drone is “an unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control or onboard computers.” (Merriam-Webster). It is also “beyond [the] line of sight: the GPS of a U.S. spy drone.” (Dictionary.com). The issue that will be continuously brought up will be the right of privacy. Will the usage of drones violate the Fourth Amendment? It can be a violation if abused. The key word in the definition of drones IS “spy.” Is it spying if you are looking at something in plain view, but the device is out of plain sight? The Fourth Amendment states that every individual has the right to not have unreasonable searches and not without probable cause. However, there are exceptions to the Fourth Amendment which includes the Plain View Doctrine. The Plain View Doctrine states that if a law enforcement officer is in a place legally and sees criminal activity or other evidence, the evidence can be seized without a

A lot of the discussions we've had in class have led me to believe that in a few years, drones will become a normal part of our society. It will no longer be odd or a special occasion to have an Amazon drone drop a package off at our front door. People won't flip out when a drone affixed with a camera might accidentally fly into their backyard. On the contrary to that, if a drone is legitimately being used to spy on someone, those type of cases will be a lot more common.

Drones are the future for U.S. warfare whether you like it or not. As terrifying as this sounds, this is not necessarily a bad thing. The topic of drones being used in war has been fueled for quite some time now and is only raising more arguments with advancing technology. It is understandable why people are frightened by visualization of an army of drones flying overhead to go to war, but this should not be the case. Drones are the way for future military use and there should not be an argument against drones specifically.

Should drones be legalized in the United States? Many people find themselves asking this question more and more often lately. Drones should be legalized for multiple reasons. Drones do have some cons but many more pros. Crime reduction, media aids, educational benefits, and business benefits are all reasons that drones should be legalized.