Yup, that is exactly the kind of law it is. It really isn't enforced by itself (they don't round people up for owning lock picks), it is just used as an aid to arrest/detain someone that you have a really strong hunch is up to no good (and as a way to confiscate the tools from someone that you are sure plans to use them to commit a crime... this is done in inner city schools when kids pass thru metal detectors and are found to have various items that have perfectly legit uses... but you know the kid doesn't have it for one of those reasons... box cutters are the most common item) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>