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As a hobbyist lockpicker, I still keep running into the assumption that they're most often used for breaking into places. Good to have a source to show they aren't "mainly used for crime"


Actually, I think that source shows crime doesn't mainly use lockpicking.


I think you're saying the same thing as the post you replied to:

"Good to have a source to show they aren't "mainly used for crime"

"I think that source shows crime doesn't mainly use lockpicking"


Those aren't the same thing though.

Imagine:

1 million crimes, 1% use lock picks. 10,000 lock pick usages in crime.

18,180 total lock pick usages, of which 55%, or 10,000 are used in crimes.

In this scenario crime mostly doesn't use lock picks (99% of crimes didn't) but lock picks are still mainly used for crime (55% of lock pick usage is).

Of course I just made up these numbers as an example. It's just a logical point about what the article shows. I'm sure most lock pick usage is to get people into things they've been locked out of or hobbyists playing around.




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