As we were doing our Christmas shopping this past December, my husband, Josh, was drawn to the drones, because, let’s face it, they are cool – especially to two boys under the age of 10. We looked at a few of them, but ultimately decided against it because, once again, I have sons, and I don’t want to spend money for them to destroy whatever I buy. If I want to waste money for fun, I’ll light dollar bills on fire in my backyard, and watch my liberal neighbors freak out because I’m not using a firepit.

With the increasing popularity of drones and the decreasing price tag, we are starting to see them everywhere. This explosion of drones has begun to create new problems Americans have never had before, and people are starting to question who own the airspace above your property. Some are saying that the U.S. government owns every bit of airspace – even an inch off of the ground – while others contend that you own the airspace above your property “all the way to the Heavens.”

Kentuckian William Meredith had just finished grilling dinner for his family when he noticed a drone hovering over his property. He did what almost every person I know would do: he pulled out a shotgun and shot it down. The owner isn’t happy, and is now suing Meredith in the U.S. District Court in Louisville.

“The only people I’ve heard anything negative from are liberals that don’t want us having guns and people who own drones,” said Meredith.

Meredith added that downing the quadcopter – which had a camera – was his way of asserting his property and privacy rights. John Boggs, the owner of the drone, claims it was 200 feet in the air, and that he was only taking photos of the scenery. In his lawsuit, Boggs asserts that Meredith didn’t have the right to shoot the drone down because the federal government controls every inch of American airspace. He wants Meredith to pay for the drone and camera which totals $1500.

Boggs had originally pressed criminal charges against Meredith, but a local judge dismissed the charges because multiple eyewitnesses claim the drone was flying below the trees, and was not 200 feet in the air.