Can I shoot down a drone? The answer is …

Basically, it’s a no. You don’t own the airspace above your property like our ancestors did in the 19th century.

But it’s more nuanced than that, and Paul Goeringer, an Extension Legal Specialist at the University of Maryland, explains in more detail.

Paul grew up on his family’s wheat and cattle operation in Western Oklahoma, and now has advanced degrees in law and agricultural economics. Here him out.