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weaksauce on Dec 15, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Locksmith gets less tips and more price complaints...

I think the legality of it is that you do not have it on you in public. I am not a lawyer though.

nuxi7 on Dec 15, 2010 [–]

Posession of lockpicking tools is regulated at a state level, in some states its perfectly legal, in others it is not.

I have heard that postal regulations prohibit mailing lockpicking tools though. I have not specifically asked a postmaster or checked on this.

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