On Jan 25, 10:06 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
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.
....

Unlikely the actual term used was "pliers" but probably more generic
description that may have included "wire cutter" or something similar.

Someone else noted the purpose was against cattle-rustling and equated
it to being similar to modern prohibitions against "burglary tools".
While part of the problem, more commonly the actual problem was one of
cutting fences for either access to water or moving cattle across
historically open range in the days of the "range wars" when free range
was being replaced by fenced ranges and farming. There was a lot that
was simply done to destroy the fences in an effort to drive farm
homesteaders and settlers from grazing areas.