More rules, means less rights. Every time one of these jackholes passes a fresh law, it's less you can do. If the dude downed a Coast Guard Sea Hawk, nail him to a cross, literally, and make an example of his mistake. But quit taking sh!t away from me!
I would just rather try to prevent the tragedy in the first place than to just let it happen and then react afterwards. Besides, if there is a major drone incident, the over-reaction and anti-drone sentiment will be overwhelming and even more ridiculously dramatic than it is now. There would be even less chance to keep it pragmatic.
It doesn't have to be done with a significant loss of freedom other than getting people start to respect the liability by putting forth some simple effort to reserve the privilege to operate a drone in certain circumstances. It should probably take less effort than it takes now to get an automotive driver's license (which has probably proven to be a reasonable limitation on operating a car).
