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Please re-read the second sentence in my post...

[Minutemen]

No one dies when they mid-air, and having a kilogram or so of minced drone fall on your house is much less of a problem that a fueled up helicopter........

So are you saying these "drones" are only 1/32nd scale balsa wood model airplanes?
I have it that Homeland Security wants to loan LE's the military Predator.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/10/homeland-security-increasingly-loaning-drones-to-l/