Here is my extended comment:
Here is my perspective (from a German guy) who has never been to the U.S; let's talk about Europe first, then America because laws in Europe are more restrictive than ever before and these overly restrictive laws or at least the mindset will.
But what exactly happened in 2017 !? I am not going to go into details but here are a few points; you have to do a test (called Kenntnisnachweis), pay 26bucks and carry the card that comes with it with you all the time, you can not fly without a spotter at all if under 14years old and the biggest problem you can't fly over 100metres without the Kenntnisnachweis which is the most severe incision of all (keep in mind we used to happily fly up to 300metres, sometimes even more in Airspace G).
Because of all these laws, many people quit the Hobby already and it's going to get worse from Summer 2020 because of even more restrictive laws.
And what's going to happen if laws get way too restrictive, well let's have a look at the relationship with our lovely neighbors, the French people; we (Germans) used to travel to the lovely country of whine, baguette, and Oh I almost forgot, of course, Slope- and Thermal soaring but that's all history because France put some ridiculous laws in place what do I mean by ridiculous !? You are extremely restricted on maximum altitude (I believe its 100metres), need a transponder (these transponders do not even exist right now, they are still in development as far as I know) for pretty much all types of planes and so on which means Thermals oaring and pretty much everything fast or big like Jets is pretty much history. We (Germans) do not travel to France any longer and put our money into the local economy.
But enough about Europe lets move on to the land of the Free (with the most people in prison per capita worldwide) and the proposed laws.
I fear for my privacy with the proposed laws because only very few people should have access to my data like Name, Position, etc. I think the proposed laws will not only violate my privacy (even though I am not even a U.S citizen) but also undermine a fundamental pillar (which is right to informational self-determination) present in every modern country and constitution.
The lack of a risk assessment is also a huge red flag for me because the normal procedure would have been a risk assessment first in order to determine if new laws are even necessary or not or to what extent.
Speaking of risk assessment, let's have a look at the best risk assessors in the world, insurance companies, they rely on accurate risk assessment but you can still get insurance (up to a few millions) for a couple of bucks (the price is pretty much the same for many years) which clearly shows how low the risk really is.
The proposed laws or anything near that will also choke innovation made in America because fewer people join the Hobby, fewer people get inspired, fewer people come up with great ideas and U.S will suffer economically because of that.
A representative of the Military-industrial complex said once; "We have to be the leader in aspect" they call it Fullspectrumdominance and America will lose its Fullspectrumdominance if this makes it into laws.
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