All of this outrage over drones seems to me like fake news that has the intent to gin up support for either an outright ban of civilian owned drones or else for a government registry of drones.
Sort of reminds me of how some people want to ban guns or else excessively restrict them.
Meanwhile, in the real world firefighters are starting to use drones to fight fires and save lives:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=fire+department+use+of+drones&spf=1499716844975
Interesting reading.