The person upthread said, unqualified:

> Actually, just being in possession of such a device in the US isn't legal.

Their view was that it isn't legal to own, regardless of context or intent. That's what GP was arguing against.

Yeah. I was reassuring the parent of my post that they’re right, it’s legal to own an SDR. You can still get in extra trouble for breaking the law with it, but it’s perfect fine to have and use one otherwise.

Sure, but my original question was what happens if two people are caught with an SDR unit, and authorities can't prove who (of the two people) used their unit to do the jamming.

Not a lawyer. My guess: if they’re together, they’d both be charged, as if they robbed a store as a team. If they’re not, neither would be charged, as each would have a brilliant defense.

Nobody clicks the link and reads… they just use the slop generators, now I’m stuck having to do tard wrangling:

> Sections 510 - allows for seizure of unlawful equipment (47 U.S.C. § 510).

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/510

> (a) Violation with willful and knowing intent Any electronic, electromagnetic, radio frequency, or similar device, or component thereof, used, sent, carried, manufactured, assembled, possessed, offered for sale, sold, or advertised with willful and knowing intent to violate section 301 or 302a of this title, or rules prescribed by the Commission under such sections, may be seized and forfeited to the United States.

Guess what? You don’t have to be a fucking lawyer to know how to read.

So much confident incorrectness. It says you can’t do those things with a device that’s marketed as being a jammer. Any radio can be used as a jammer, just not sold for that specific purpose.

So yes, you can own an SDR, slop and/or reading comprehension notwithstanding.