Schuyler Towne & Locksport on NPR

On Friday (Nov. 19, 2009) Schuyler Towne of NDE Magazine & Open Locksport was interviewed for a short piece on NPR: Picking Locks For Sport, Not Sabotage, and it even feature a guest appearance by my brother Andrew Gagne.

Overall, I thought it was a good piece, my only issue is with the negative/opposition view expressed by Jim Pasco; it seems extremely misguided. The metaphor he makes comparing lockpicking to “let’s pretend we robbed a bank, or something of that nature” makes little sense. Perhaps if he compared locksport to paintball or a firing range it would be more comprehensible, but it would unfortunately undermine his point as those are not controversial activities.

The best comment on the site, unfortunately hasn’t been replied to as it a grave concern of mine:

Have you found pipe smoking to help, distract from, or have no effect on your lock picking? Do you think there is a place for pipe smoking in the so-called “locksport”? – DM

The piece was also slightly recut and broadcast during Here and Now, under the title: The Sport of Picking Locks.