EVERYONE!!!

I meant that there is discretion when officers show up to investigate a call and prosecutors decide what if any charges to pursue. Shooting a firearm is what likely caused a major reaction, regardless of the specific charges filed. Hard to overlook shooting into the sky anywhere other than a rural area.

Scenario 1: Neighbors report old Boomer shooting shotgun into the sky at drone in his neighborhood. Officers respond and homeowner confirms he did fire a round or two with an AR or shotgun because the neighbor with the drone was harassing him and his family. Charged with various crimes, likely pled down to a lower level based on no criminal record. Just for example.

Scenario 2: Guy/kid reports his toy drone brought down by neighbor, subsequent investigation reveals drone was flying over neighbor's property and near a second floor bedroom window. Homeowner was alarmed for his wife's privacy in her own bedroom so he pointed his power washer hose at the hobby drone causing it to drop to the ground (or fly away unscathed). The homeowner now wants to press charges against the drone operator for violating applicable laws (i.e. you can't do that). The drone operator wants Federal charges filed for knocking or trying to knock his drone out of the sky. Officers on scene decide that this is a wash. Or consult with supervisors who advise same. Or they arrest both and drop the charges after the prosecutor realizes this is a loser case. Tell the drone operator not to fly over people's property and tells the homeowner to call them from now on. Case closed.

By the way I just remembered a case ten years ago where a friend of our family had this happen to her (a kid flying his drone over her property when she was in her pool). She called the sheriff and he told her to report the guy with the drone if it happened again. It did not. She told him she would knock it out of the sky and he laughed. She wasn't kidding.

Here is another example that supports my assessment (that the use of a firearm is what raises hackles and this was a commercial drone flying under FAA Part 107 and this was not a hobby drone flown by a kid). https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/florida-man-drone-walmart-dennis-winn/77-4fa34cd5-9924-4c11-b7f5-68a42611cf14