"Last December, the FAA rushed an arbitrary and ineffectual recreational drone-owners' registry into effect, mere days before Christmas and just in time to criminalize the flying of toys by thousands of children and hobbyists," argued The Daily Signal. Now Slashdot reader jenningsthecat reports on a promising legal challenge filed by a drone hobbyist who's also a lawyer, who is now " receiving financial help with his suit from the D.C. area Drone User Group (DC DUG).On a fund-raising page for the challenge , the group calls the federal registry "deeply concerning to users and prospective users of small unmanned aircraft."