<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Not sure :)<div><br></div><div>I can’t imagine a burglar making the excuse that he is going to a housebreaking tutorial event with his mates.</div><div><br></div><div>So, is lock-picking illegal? (I know illegal entry is… illegal) or are just carrying the tools illegal? If so, how do locksmiths operate?</div><div><br></div><div>I would also be interested BTW.</div><div><br></div><div>— Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 12 Aug 2014, at 16:30, Tim Clark <<a href="mailto:eclipse@sucs.org">eclipse@sucs.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">Would "I'm going to a casual lockpicking event at the hackspace" not count as a valid reason for carrying them?</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>