What does going equipped for criminal damage involve?

• A. Possessing anything in your possession or control that could be intended to cause criminal damage
• B. Possessing a weapon only
• C. Carrying a permit for weapons
• D. Having no items

Answer: (A)

Going equipped for criminal damage centers on possessing items that could be used to damage property, and having the intention to use them for that purpose. The offense is about both the potential to facilitate the crime and the mindset to commit it, not just owning a weapon or any single item. So the best answer captures the broad idea: anything in your possession or control that could be intended to cause criminal damage, when tied to an intention to use it that way.

The other options are too narrow or irrelevant. Possessing a weapon alone doesn’t cover all the ways someone might equip themselves for damage, carrying a weapon permit isn’t about intent to commit crime, and having no items certainly wouldn’t amount to being equipped for criminal damage.