"One would really be better off carrying a set of bolt cutters, a power drill, or a sledge hammer, rather than a set of lock-picks, if you really need to get into a locked door."

For most common house doors, a large pair of vice-grips will do the job. That's what they were using around here some years ago: open, clamp, twist and they're in. Many of the locks now have plastic parts inside -- whose bright idea was that?

Sue