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- Newsgroups: alt.locksmithing
- Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!chpc.chpc.org!rboudrie
- From: rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie)
- Subject: Re: Discouragement from Locksmiths
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.221919.13011@chpc.org>
- Organization: Center For High Perf. Computing of WPI; Marlboro Ma
- References: <yabi.12.722112997@ellis.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov18.194326.21134@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> <Bxz1KH.GJu@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:19:19 GMT
- Lines: 15
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- >Most places have laws against "possession of burglar tools" or something
- >similar. I know somebody who was charged with this because of lock picks
- >in his possession. It could also apply to a screwdriver under the right
- >circumstances.
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- The laws I've read base the "posession of burgular tools" on the
- presence of criminal INTENT. Unless you have some sort of proof
- that you have a legit reason to have them, you may find that you
- will have to pay an attorney to prove a lack of criminal intent.
-
- If no special business license for locksmiths is required in you area,
- you can always have some business cards printed up.
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- rob b.
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