[Tfug] warchalking

[klsmith]

So at the Arizona state level scanning is legal according to this article.

Keith

Rush Dougherty wrote:

>http://www.fordyce.org/scanning/scanning_info/scanlaws.html
>
>Here ya go... chek it out.....
>In 7 states Legal Mobil Scanners are PROHIBITED...
>So some states make it illegal to know what your police are doing...
>And there is one state that makes it illegal to use a Legal Ham Novice
>Mobile Scanner.
>
>Rush
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bowie J. Poag" <bpoag@comcast.net>
>To: <tfug@tfug.org>
>Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 1:25 AM
>Subject: Re: [Tfug] warchalking
>
>
>>>Interetersting.  Never heard of that one.  Why do the police fail to
>>>arrest those of us with scanners?
>>>
>>Dont be an idiot. Why would there be an industry that manufactured and
>>
>sold
>
>>police scanners if using them was an arrestable offense? By your logic,
>>there should be a squad car parked infront of every Radio Shack to check
>>
>to
>
>>see if you've bought a scanner, and arrest you on the spot if you have.
>>
>>Police radio transmissions are left open intentionally. You have a right
>>
>to
>
>>know what your local police are up to, but you do NOT have the right to
>>interfere--- If you try to _broadcast_ over police frequencies, you go to
>>jail. You'll also go to jail if you're using a scanner as part of an
>>
>illegal
>
>>activity, i.e. you and your buddies want to drag race down Speedway, and
>>want to know if there are any cops around.  Haven't you ever read the
>>friggin manual that comes with your scanner?
>>
>>>How would I know it was not for me unless I intercept it?  Does this
>>>also apply to CB radios?
>>>
>>Again, don't be an idiot. Think. CB = CITIZENS BAND.  The FCC set aside a
>>portion of the spectrum for Joe Citizen to tinker with. Its left open
>>intentionally.
>>
>>Spare me the extra chromosome in the future. Nothing irks me more than
>>someone who would rather flap their gums than use their head. "Why do the
>>police fail to arrest those of us with scanners?" ....Jesus christ.
>>
>>Bowie
>>
>>
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