[Scan-DC] Woman drove drunk looking for pills, listeningto police scanner phone app

[Steve]

Actually, for the purposes of federal law, the general rule is that anything not prohibited or illegal is allowed.  That is, until they decide to make it illegal or regulate it.

Steve, N4EUK

> On Nov 29, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Glenn Morris <gpmorris at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Should we change our laws to say, "anything not allowed is forbidden"?
> 
> If we keep writing laws to cover every loophole as they popup, playing catch up, shortly we will have done just that.
> 
> 
> Glenn Morris
> KG5BUD
> General Class
> 
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> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 08:24:47 -0500
> From: "Thomas J. Dalrymple" <tjdalrymple at gmail.com>
> To: Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Woman drove drunk looking for pills, listening
> to police scanner phone app
> 
>> snip <
> 
> So they're considering use of a cell phone and an app the same as
> using a radio? Technically, not the same, but breaking the intent of
> the law. Do we need a rewrite of the law to cover these situations?
> 
> 
> 
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