javawizard wrote:
You may not legally own a pair of pliers if you live in
Texas.Fortunately, this law is not often enforced. - from
www.odd-info.com

The word "pliers" does not occur in the Texas Penal Code nor the combined
Texas Statutes.

http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/...d&CQ_LOGIN=YES

Under the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, however, we do have a defense of
justifiable homicide entitled: "But yer honer, he NEEDED killin' ".