Democrats Push to Fly Spy Drones Over Your Property to Enforce Their Green Agenda, Punish Regulation Violators

Virginia Democrats are advancing legislation to grant an environmental department permission to use “unmanned aircraft systems” without a warrant “for the implementation and enforcement” of some green regulations.

The legislation would amend an existing bill, which currently lists some exemptions for Virginia government bodies to use drones without a warrant, including for cases involving missing children or suspects at large. The amendment would allow the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to control “unmanned aircraft systems” without a warrant in order to enforce programs spanning from water and wetlands protection to erosion and sediment control, according to the amendment.

“‘Unmanned aircraft’ means an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of human intervention from within or on the aircraft,” the bill text reads. “‘Unmanned aircraft system’