I could maybe understand not allowing non-hams to own such radios - you really can't trust any random person not to do dumb shit like transmit garbage on emerge

I could maybe understand not allowing non-hams to own such radios - you really can't trust any random person not to do dumb shit like transmit garbage on emergency frequencies, but the whole reason ham licenses exist is to prove to the government that you know how to properly, safely and legally operate a radio. The FCC has gone too far on this one (they seem to do that a lot...). I just hope this doesn't get picked up by some moron from the EU. They've already fucked up our Internet. Please, don't take away my garbage ebay radio too.