WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Drones generating buzz across the state of Kansas. Many are asking about laws and regulations as homeowners. KSN News has spent the past several days looking into it. Jeremy Noel, a forensic investigator with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, says it is a very bad idea to take the law into your own hands when dealing with a drone over your home.  One that will most likely lead to felony charges against you.  "You can shoot it out of the sky, but it's a crime; it's criminal damage to property. If you live in the city, it's also discharging a firearm in the city limits," said Noel.  Drone operators are protected, according to Noel. He has been a drone pilot with the sheriff's office since 2018. He said the FAA regulations do not give homeowners protections against drone pilots.  "There's no expectation of privacy to the airspace above your house; the FAA regulates that. Local law enforcement does not regulate the airspace above your home. Anybody could fly a drone over your house," said Noel.  Anyone can go buy a drone from a retailer and fly it for fun. However, if you plan to use it for real estate or other commercial purposes, you need a part 107 license. That license allows you to be paid for your work, fly at night, and over people or cars up to 400 feet.  It's a technology, Travis Balthazor, deputy director with the Applied Aviation Research Center K-State Salina, says will only become a bigger part of society.  "We're talking about package delivery that is happening in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and up in Blacksburg, Virginia, they're going to become more and more normal. Think about when cell phones first were a thing, new technology, and everyone was like, how are these things going to work? I don't think anyone can get through the day without it anymore," said Balthazor.  He says, just like smartphones, protections for people are being looked into.  "There is a lot of research being done about how to block those things, just all the security concerns that come from a cell phone, similar things in UAS technology, and what can we do to protect ourselves from nefarious activities that may happen with drones," said Balthazor.  Balthazor said their program, for a part 107 commercial license, is a four-day class with a final test that will set you back $900. He said there are other third-party online programs as well.  If you are just flying for fun and not commercially, there is a free online certification required.