From: utzoo!utcsrgv!utcsstat!wagner
Newsgroups: net.auto
Title: Re: why you cant use Fuzzbusters in Ontario
Article-I.D.: utcsstat.236
Posted: Tue Jul  6 16:42:39 1982
Received: Tue Jul  6 17:30:11 1982
References: sri-unix.1945

Having an opportunity to break the law is not, in general, enough to 
convict.  The fact that you walked by a wallet left on a counter-top
when no one was looking doesnt mean you stole it.  Owning a car that can
exceed the speed limit doesnt mean you have done so.  Owning a fuzz-buster
does not mean you have broken the (speed) law.  So they made a special law
for radar detectors.  The law against owning radios that can here police bands
has been shown not to stand up (sorry, that should have been hear).  How is this
any different?  It is still illegal to make commercial use of (or repeat) info
you hear on police bands (never stopped the tow trucks, tho - always the first
to the sceen of an accident!).
Interestingly enough, it seems to be illegal to possess certain tools commonly
used in burglary (welding torches, chain cutters, etc) unless you can show that
you use these ordinarily.  Perhaps the same principle applies here?
Any lawyers out there?

Michael Wagner, UTCS