This is agenda setting for the next generation: "As Americans have grown increasingly comfortable with traditional surveillance cameras, far more powerful generation is being quietly deployed...".
Why quietly? What's the problem being upfront if the people are "comfortable"? People are not comfortable. They will probably confuse the drones with target practice flying tin cans.
and if you're in range to shoot at it.. You're probably in range if its camera... I can see people who try this being charged with all sorts of crimes! I don't think there's any doubt that shooting at someone else's property is a crime.. Even if that property is, potentially, involved in illegal surveillance..
Worse though, what if they confuse a manned aircraft for one of these and succeed in shooting it down?
Why quietly? What's the problem being upfront if the people are "comfortable"? People are not comfortable. They will probably confuse the drones with target practice flying tin cans.