How a 3-Year-Old Can Open a Gun Safe

New submitter bupbin writes "We are providing a detailed report and analysis of eleven different popular gun safes produced by Stack-On, GunVault, and Bulldog to warn the public of the dangers inherent in some of these products because the manufacturers nor their major retailers will do so. In that report you can view eight different Stack-On models, one produced by Bulldog, and one manufactured by GunVault. A similar design defect is demonstrated in an inexpensive safe for storing valuables that is sold by AMSEC, a very reputable safe manufacturer in the United States. Unfortunately, their digital safe with their claim of a 'state-of-the-art electronic lock' can also be opened (literally) by a three-year-old because of a common mechanism used in the industry that is subject to circumvention."

Comments

gun safe?

[bedonnant]

Best way to be gun safe is to have no gun in the first place.

Re:gun safe?

[robthebloke]

No it really isn't. Guns are designed to kill. By owning a gun you are declaring that at somepoint you intend to kill *something* (or someone). A claim of 'but I only have it for self defence!' is still saying that you'd be prepared to kill someone, someday, in the right circumstances. A sane, rational, gun owner, is still a potential killer, no matter how you try to dress it up. Most people can let emotions get the better of them, at some point. Most people can get angry, at some point. Most people have lapses of concentration, at some point. Most people can make terrible mistakes they regret for the rest of their lives. If there is a gun close to hand, then it, in combination with the human condition, can and do cause fatalities.

Now, someone could potentially kill whilst driving a car (through lapse of concentration etc), however it is very unlikely that the death occured because the car was being used as a weapon (yes, there will always be exceptions). Cars have been gradually refined in order to make them safer. Whether it's air bags, whether it's crumple zones, whether it's seatbelts, whether it's breathalyzers on the dashboard, whether it's ABS, whether it's traction control, it really doesn't matter. The point is that the design is continually refined in order to improve safety. Guns on the other hand are refined to make them more lethal.

In my town, we have a complete network of cycle lanes to allow cyclists to get around the city without sharing the roads with cars. There are by-laws that make sure you must use lights at night, and also laws saying that you must always wear a helmet. I cycle to work, and by doing so, I am reducing the possibility that I will be killed in a car accident - I don't share the tarmac with any cars. I also happen to live in a country in which gun ownership is banned. I'm not sure how I will die, but I'm 100% certain it won't be due to a gun. If there are no guns, then guns cease to cause the form of irrational fear that leads to people buying guns in the first place. I know it may sound crazy to you guys on the other side of the pond, but really, you would be much safer if you banned guns.

Amazed

[ThatsNotPudding]

I'm always amazed how many pro-gun nerds there are on Slashdot. When I read their postings coming to the defense of the 2nd amendment, I have this chilling image of a thirty-something programmer polishing his Glock and recalling the memory of an atomic wedgie whilst staring at the heavily circled calendar date of his high school reunion.