Drone On

While several states take steps to limit the use of drones, the Grand Canyon State seems intent on spreading the pilotless spy platforms far and wide.

Four Republican members of the Arizona Legislature [Thomas Forese, Jeff Dial, Justin Pierce, and Bob Thorpe] have introduced HCR 2009 touting their State’s qualifications to be a major player in the drone industry. [snip]

Hello! Hello!! Republican Party, Forese, Dial, etal – Here’s a grand idea – let’s fill our national airspace with surveillance drones; let’s fill our city streets with surveillance cameras and microphones in street lamps. Let’s open the funding floodgates to this ‘genie’s bottle‘ even further to see what road it leads us down. If history is accurate, my guess would be – ‘The Road to Perdition‘ !

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