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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Discouragement from Locksmiths
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.194326.21134@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <yabi.12.722112997@ellis.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:43:26 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- yabi@ellis.uchicago.edu (Scott Thomas Yabiku) writes:
- : >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]
-
- Possession of picks, contrary to what Chris said, is not a crime in most
- areas of the country. I do believe that it is in the District of Columbia.
- I don't think that any states have laws against possession - although some
- cities may.
-
- : Has anyone else ever been told by a locksmith to "butt out" of his
- : profession? I'd be interested to hear about it.
-
- Nope. In my experience, the real professionals have been more than willing
- to talk to beginners. They know that the amateur is no threat to their
- business - the amateur cannot afford the equipment/stock necessary to run
- a successful locksmithing business.
-
- Bill
-