[nylug-talk] NYC Permits to own detectors

[Ormund Williams]

On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 00:24 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> This was mentioned on BoingBoing a few months ago. It is a BAD law that
> must not pass. Citizens and scientists must be free to detect problems
> with their enviroment. There is no past issue with millions of people
> cause widespread panic with false alarms. The law is meant to curtail
> citizens rights and to give them to police for no gain for us.

I just read through the law, if a detector is exempt under section
10-809(5) but detects an impending disaster, would reporting it be
illegal?

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Ormund