John Stossel on Embracing Civilian Drones

To
some, the unmanned flying machines known as drones conjure up fears
of spying and death from above. Which makes sense: President Bush
approved the use of armed drones against suspected terrorists
overseas, and President Obama vastly increased their use. Drones
have killed thousands of people in places such as Pakistan and
Yemen, countries against which we have not declared war.

The next controversy will center on the increasing use of
“civilian” drones, writes John Stossel. But these are actually
terrific devices, he argues. Vacationers use them to videotape
family trips, farmers to check crops, police to search for missing
people. Soon, most everyone might have one—if our too-big
government doesn’t try to quash this innovation. Technology itself
is rarely a bad thing. What matters is the endless power of the
market to refine and improve how we use it.