Why you shouldn’t try to shoot down a suspected drone.... or so the government wants us to believe.

Probably because they belong to the U.S. government.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/us/shooting-flying-drones-us-sky/index.html

But come on! Does anyone seriously think charges would be brought against anyone if a shot-down drone was extra-terrerestrial in origin? Or even from Iran?