, Columnist
Release the Drones
The Federal Aviation Administration has been
asserting for years that it has broad authority over drones but still hasn't been
able to come up with any rules covering their use. States should move ahead on their own.
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Like the owls that deliver packages and carry messages in Harry Potter's world, drones are about to become commonplace in ours: small flying objects perfectly engineered to drop offburritos, pick up prescriptions and photograph revolutions. Within the next three years, drone-driven commerce will amount to $13.6 billion and create 70,000 new jobs, an industry trade group estimates.
QuickTake Domesticating Drones