Two young ladies talking in a bar. The first says, "Yeah, he told me he was a ham, but all he had was a Bowfang and a CB-set."
At least some dealers offer MARS mods on new rigs - https://www.gigaparts.com/gigaparts-marsmod-level-7.html I'm a little concerned that they don't require any documentation, so just anybody can buy their radio that way. It sounds like they at least try to discourage Freebanders, though I suspect not very rigorously.