It's pretty simple to me. The "RC Guidelines" have always made common sense. I first ran into them ~45 years ago when I built, flew and pretty soon crashed my first RC (analog, of course) model airplane. I was part of the RC community, and everybody knew the RC code. The "guidelines" were designed to minimize the chances of catastrophes, while enabling RC pilots to still have their fun and engage in their hobby passion. I don't know anybody that violated them. The RC code ("guidelines") was common sense. Obvious.
Common sense? Obvious? In my book, the "guidelines" are. Don't fly in airspace reserved for REAL aircraft carrying flesh-and-blood REAL people. Don't fly in airspace above ground congested with REAL flesh-and-blood people going about their lives. Stay away from airports where REAL airplanes carrying REAL flesh-and-blood people are landing and taking off and are below their normal minimum altitude restrictions. And don't fly at distances beyond that where you can really see your aircraft and ascertain what it's doing, and/or lose radio contact with it.
One thing I DO know is that these simple, common sense "guidelines" will soon be replaced with enforceable laws. Another case of common sense things (like actually stopping at a stop sign) having to be replaced by actual enforceable laws. This will happen because some drone pilots choose to ignore a set of simple common sense rules. Call them bozos, fools, dolts, stupid, idiots, selfish. Call them libertarians, pioneers, innovators, artists, daredevils. I don't really care.
I do know, however, they're going to make a simple thing like self-policed responsible RC flying much more expensive and complicated by getting the REAL police and courts involved. Too bad.
Now get out there. Ignore common sense. Take a chance and maybe kill somebody. Now that's real fun.