US Finally Kills The 2nd Ammendment

[Major Variola (ret)]

At 01:28 PM 1/13/04 -0800, Steve Schear wrote:
>It would seem that once GNURadio comes to fruition that many devices,
>including those the FCC would like to regulate, could be built from its

>generic, non-video, architecture.  In that case, wouldn't FCC mandates
>applied to end-users (since end users will be the only ones who will
>configure the SW, FW and HW for an application the FCC would like to
>regulate, be a 3rd Amend. issue?

The FCC could consider the GNUser to be a "manufacturer", just like
the ATF does if you change the sear on your semiauto rifle or trim the
stock and barrel too much..

While they don't have the black flak jacket penache of the ATF thugs,
the FCC does enforce things if you play on the wrong bands.
Reception, of course, is a little harder to monitor :-)