Poll: Do you think gun locks are an effective deterrent to protect children?

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Oatka

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Haven't seen one of these in a while. Dunno what it proves (other than we're not all brainwashed), but for kicks, vote in this Washington (state) poll.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/

yes 25.9%
no 74.1 %

On the right-hand side, about 1/3 the way down.

[This message has been edited by Oatka (edited October 15, 2000).]
 
Food For Thought: The way it's worded, it's easy for Antis to vote No along with us. Their argument? "Of course gun locks aren't an effective deterrent to protect children! Only a gun free home is safe for children!"

I can't think of many Antis who would vote "Yes" because that would be saying, in essence, "It's okay for you to have any firearm you want as long as it has a trigger lock."

I'll betcha a good amount of people clicking "Yes" are gun owners who feel their trigger lock keeps their kids from using it. In truth, a good trigger lock IS an effective deterrent to protect children from using that gun (depending on the kid's age, where you keep the key, etc.). I keep my gun collection locked up and my adult airgun (for squirrel 'plinking') with a trigger lock on it... I do think that prevents my little brother from haphazardly plinking w/o supervision.

Whether locks will keep your FAMILY safe in a home defense situation is a whole other story!

Anyways, my point is: What is the poll trying to say?

Later!
 
See this:
http://www.vny.com/cf/news/upidetail.cfm?QID=126767

Gun locks nixed for defects
Wednesday, 11 October 2000 12:06 (ET)


Gun locks nixed for defects


CHICAGO, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Cook County Sheriff Michael Sheahan says gun
locks distributed free of charge under a firearms industry safety program
are defective, and he wants them recalled.

About a half-million of the trigger locks were to be distributed to police
departments nationwide by Project Home Safe.

"We slammed the locks on the ground two or three times, with a greater
force than driving a nail, and two of four opened," a spokesman for Sheahan
told Wednesday's Chicago Sun-Times.

Sheahan had planned to provide the locks to county employees and
residents. Spokesman Bill Cunningham said about 142 have been handed out so
far, but the program will be suspended until more tests are conducted.

Some 10,000 gun locks were donated to the county by the National Shooting
Sports Foundation, with 5,500 set aside for county employees. Cunningham
said the foundation has agreed to replace the locks if it proves necessary.

The gun locks, which were made in China, retail for about $10 apiece.

Project Home Safe asked law enforcement agencies to suspend distribution
of the locks pending further testing.

"All public and police officials should be wary of gifts from the gun
lobby," said Kirsten Curley, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Council Against
Handgun Violence. "This was a PR stunt by the gun lobby to improve their
tarnished image, and it backfired right at the children of America."

Doug Painter, executive director for the Connecticut-based foundation,
said the locks still make guns safer even if they can be forced open since
the guns have to be unloaded before the cable-style lock can be attached.

The Chicago Police Department bought its own locks for $64,000. Lt. Marc
Buslik said the department was able to break open a half dozen models before
it settled on locks made by Master Lock.

"We're confident that won't happen with these," he said.

--
Copyright 2000 by United Press International.
All rights reserved.




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Be wary of "polls".Care is needed my friends.

It all depends on how they want to word and use them.The antis could have a field-day on this one :o

The one in question is a real can of worms IMHO.

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