MAN SHOOTS DOWN DRONE, Lawyers Scratch Their Heads.

Related: Self-Defense Against Overflying Drones: “The fact that it is a robot posing the threat is significant. The law treats robots as property. (If robots ever achieve consciousness, or perhaps even the ability to simulate consciousness convincingly, we may need to revisit that status, but that day likely is far off, and we’re concerned about the present.) Acts of self-defense that would be unreasonable when threatened by a human will in many cases be reasonable — in an otherwise similar situation — in response to threats from a mere chattel.”