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Having lock picks in your possession coupled with the circumstances that suggest you intend to use them IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME would be a crime.

Having them with the intent of drumming up sales, or teaching use, is not a crime (based on the wording of the law you supplied).



Its not a "don't have it" but don't walk around with one and fiddling with it / sniffing / doing replay attacks."

The thing that you don't want to do is go walking down a hallway in a hotel (which are of course under video surveillance) and have a utility room door pop open.

Teaching people how to pick locks in Vegas isn't a problem ( https://youtu.be/J5t9uPnXemU ).

If you have a legitimate use - go for it. If its "I brought mine because I'm going to a hacking convention in Vegas" it is now a "think about if you really want to be carrying it around" - its more likely to borrow trouble and if you "accidentally" open up some place you shouldn't have access to, it makes things worse.




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