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"Free" Gun Locks

Project Child Safe is a nationwide campaign to promote safe and responsible gun ownership and storage and its right here in the East. Thousands of gun locks will be given away for free,no questions asked.

Well, I've got some questions...

Project Child Safe is one of those "public/private partnerships" between the National Shooting Sports Foundation and "governors, lieutenant governors, U.S. Attorneys, community leaders and law enforcement," that is, fascism. I guess they figure if they suck up to the parasites, nobody will try to put them out of business?

Oh, and as for the locks being "free"...no they're not.

It is supported by a U.S. Department of Justice grant and is a component of Project Safe Neighborhoods...

That means they're using money they take from you and me to help fund this thing.

And as for "Project Safe Neighborhoods," well, we all know who supports that...

Tags: gun, lock

Second Amendment vs Third Way

David E. Rosenbaum, a longtime editor and reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times, died yesterday after being beaten and robbed Friday night near his home in upper Northwest Washington.

Per Richard Poe

In the May 23, 1999 New York Times, David E. Rosenbaum argued that there had once been two "extremes" in the gun debate – those who wanted to ban handguns, and those who wanted "the right to own and carry guns more or less at will."

Now both sides had found a "third way," he exulted. Both had agreed that some "common-sense" gun control was necessary. Sound familiar?

Rosenbaum compared the situation to the fight over health care. Some extremists had wanted to socialize medicine, he noted, while others had opposed government meddling altogether. Eventually, we got Medicare and Medicaid, said Rosenbaum – the perfect "third-way" compromise.

I'm sorry, Mr. Rosenbaum. When it comes to unalienable rights, there can be no compromise, no "third way."

I'm sorry that you had to find that out the hard way.

Tags: gun control, self defense

Without Compromise

A new "safety" gadget is being marketed to gun owners.

The Child Guard CS-100 firearm safety device boasts more firearm safety features than any other gun lock on the market, securely fitting rifles, shotguns, pistols, and revolvers without compromising quick emergency use.

Even their Mission Statement promises:

Only Child Guard's patent pending No-LoadTM accessories allow most revolvers and pistols to be stored safely and made inert - unable to be loaded, placed into battery, or fired - but still be instantly available in an emergency situation.

Yeah, right.

That's why their instructions have all those steps. That's why you apparently need a key (that can be fumbled, dropped or lost) to open the thing. That's why they tell you (twice) in big bold letters:

NEVER INSTALL ANY CHILD GUARD UNIT ON A LOADED FIREARM.
Make sure the firearm is unloaded before proceeding.

Wait a minute--they tell you FOUR times. I forgot to check the disclaimers:

All firearms are potentially deadly. To avoid serious injury or death, never use this or any child safety device on a loaded firearm. This product is intended for use on unloaded firearms only.

Before attempting to install your child safety device, make sure the firearm is completely unloaded.

Yep, sounds like "quick emergency use" isn't compromised, alright. Sounds like your gun will be "instantly available" to me.

But I guess because the inventor is an "NRA Life Member" and "gun writer," he wouldn't mislead us about something like that. And just to facilitate that quick emergency use/instant availability they promise us won't be compromised, they add the following useful safety tips:

Always store firearms unloaded and locked in a safe place, inaccessible to children and other unauthorized persons. Store ammunition in a separate secure location.

Always remember to remove your key from the child safety device.

Do not store the key or combination to any Child Guard child safety device in the same place as your locked firearm.

Still, if it's so safe and effective and noncompromising in its quick emergency usability/instant availability, why do you suppose they feel compelled to put the following disclaimer in all caps?

CHILD GUARD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

And not to argue petty details or anything, but their press release says their gadget "boasts more firearm safety features than any other gun lock on the market."

So how come their home page says:

It is NOT a gun lock or a trigger lock.

I guess that's why it needs a key.

Pitchfork murder, anyone?

Tags: gun, trigger, lock