4 Mar
2005
4 Mar
'05
11:03 p.m.
Chris wrote:
Last I knew, lock pick sets were illegal to own in NJ
unless you are
someone that has a "legal" use for one. Of course, since legal use isn't
really defined, it leaves it pretty wide open.
I own more than one hundred locks, and sometimes I can't find the key to
open one. In some cases, I purchase equipment with locks but no keys.
So I think I have an entirely legitimate use for lock picks. Whether a
court would agree is an open question.
(It is also illegal to have a police scanner in your
car,
Contradicted by the Communications Act of 1934, which being Federal
law should override it.
as well as carry a center punch...
Now I'm baffled. I can see reasons for banning lock picks and police
scanners, even though I vehemently disagree with those reasons. But
why on earth should center punches be illegal? I don't carry one
routinely, but if I'm going somewhere that I expect to need one,
I carry it.
For that matter, I routinely have a bolt cutter in my car, and I suppose
an overzealous police officer might try to contrue that as a burglar
tool, but I can cite multiple occasions when I've had a legitimate use
for it.
Eric