There are drones and then there are drones.
Killer drones (assassination drones) are odious. But I have no doubt that the US government (and local and state police departments) are itching to try and use them in the US and see how far the law lets them go. By the way, I’m less worried about the USGovernment than some of the state and locals—can you imagine in Joe Arpaio (Phoenix, AZ) or Governor Perry get control of drones? The US government has some constitutional limits, but Arpaio has thought he is above the law, for years and years.
Unarmed drones – flying over cornfields to check on plant growth and humidity and such – that’s a different story. Those are pretty benign.
But in my mind, I don’t see a whole lot of difference between killer drones and police helicopters with armed officers. We gave up our freedoms a long time ago. Whether shoot us from a helicopter or kill is with a drone-launched rocket—not much difference in the end.