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CPSC, National Shooting Sports Foundation Announce Recall to Replace Project HomeSafe (Now Project ChildSafe) Gun Locks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Gun Lock Phone Number: (203) 426-1320 or (203) 270-2360
February 07, 2001
NSSF Contact: Bill Brassard, (203) 426-1320
Release # 01-078
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), of Newtown, Conn., is voluntarily recalling about 400,000 gun locks for replacement. Under certain conditions, these locks can open without the use of a key. This can give unauthorized access to a firearm.
The NSSF and its lock supplier, Adstar Inc., of Merrick, N.Y., are unaware of any instances of unauthorized access by adults or children.
The locks resemble a bicycle cable lock and have a red cable with a black padlock. Red vinyl bands around the top and bottom of the locks read, "PROJECT" and "HOMESAFE." "MADE IN CHINA" and "30mm" are imprinted on the bottom of the locks. The gun locks were distributed in clear plastic cylinders with Project HomeSafe literature.
The gun locks were distributed nationwide by NSSF as part of its Project HomeSafe (now Project ChildSafe) Campaign for safe firearm storage. Law enforcement agencies distributed the gun locks free of charge from September 1999 through October 2000.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Gun Lock Phone Number: (203) 426-1320 or (203) 270-2360
February 07, 2001
NSSF Contact: Bill Brassard, (203) 426-1320
Release # 01-078
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), of Newtown, Conn., is voluntarily recalling about 400,000 gun locks for replacement. Under certain conditions, these locks can open without the use of a key. This can give unauthorized access to a firearm.
The NSSF and its lock supplier, Adstar Inc., of Merrick, N.Y., are unaware of any instances of unauthorized access by adults or children.
The locks resemble a bicycle cable lock and have a red cable with a black padlock. Red vinyl bands around the top and bottom of the locks read, "PROJECT" and "HOMESAFE." "MADE IN CHINA" and "30mm" are imprinted on the bottom of the locks. The gun locks were distributed in clear plastic cylinders with Project HomeSafe literature.
The gun locks were distributed nationwide by NSSF as part of its Project HomeSafe (now Project ChildSafe) Campaign for safe firearm storage. Law enforcement agencies distributed the gun locks free of charge from September 1999 through October 2000.
When the NSSF did the responsible thing and issued a recall for the defective locks? Would you prefer they acted like GM and left the bad locks out there?
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Dear Blog Readers:
I just learned from my friend Ladd Everitt that the Department of Justice has awarded the gun lobby group NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) more than $2 million in grant money for its “Project ChildSafe” program.
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Dear Blog Readers:
I just learned from my friend Ladd Everitt that the Department of Justice has awarded the gun lobby group NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) more than $2 million in grant money for its “Project ChildSafe” program.
A blog. That's authoritive
Those VA gun locks-
The VA began giving out the locks in 2008, modeling a national gun safety program called Project ChildSafe. A firearms trade group partners with local police departments and VA medical campuses to hand them out.
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/07/173609220/va-offers-free-gun-locks-to-help-prevent-vet-suicides
NSSF initiatives-
Project ChildSafe- http://www.projectchildsafe.org/
Don't lie for the other guy (anti-straw purchase campaign)- http://www.dontlie.org/
Fix NCIS (to get all 50 states cooperating in putting all required information into NCIS database)-http://www.dontlie.org/
So they don't support every piece of legislation that comes up; they are taking action. Something that cannot be said of gun control groups.
Yet you would see the funding removed from providing locks. Has any GC group stepped up to take over or will they just let preventable tragedies happen?
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