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- From: yabi@ellis.uchicago.edu (Scott Thomas Yabiku)
- Subject: Discouragement from Locksmiths
- Message-ID: <yabi.12.722112997@ellis.uchicago.edu>
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- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:56:37 GMT
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- This is an email I received and my reply to it:
-
- On Wed, 18 Nov 92 12:02:31 -0500, Steve Busko Jr. wrote:
- >if you do not know how to pick locks dont try dummy
- >This mail is from Chris W. via my acct. I'm a veteran locksmith.
- >P.S. - Being in possession of picks in most states is considered
- >illegal if not a locksmith.
- >..wq
-
- (Steve, if you could please forward this to Chris W.)
- Chris W.,
- Don't you be telling me what I can and cannot do. I've often read that
- locksmiths discourage people from learning to pick locks. They want to
- keep their trade skills secret, so they can charge people crazy amounts
- of money, like $50, to open a lock. That's wrong. I find locksmithing to
- be very interesting, and I freely help others learn what I know.
- I'm not a criminal. I've never used my locksmithing skills to steal
- anything. Possession of picks is a crime? Big deal. I, as do many
- people, feel that my government has no right to tell me what I can't own
- for my personal use (ie, handguns, RSA encryption, lockpicks...).
- [end]
- Has anyone else ever been told by a locksmith to "butt out" of his
- profession? I'd be interested to hear about it.
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- Have a nice day! :)
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