This ad was on the second page of Field & Stream (December edition).
According to the website,
“Project ChildSafe was developed and is sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry….Since 1999, the program has provided more than 36 million free firearm safety kits that include a gun lock to gun owners in all 50 states and five U.S. territories. That’s in addition to the more than 70 million free locking devices manufacturers have included, and continue to include, with new firearms sold since 1998. While helping to prevent accidents among children is a focus, Project ChildSafe is intended to help adults practice greater firearm safety in the home.”
Source: http://projectchildsafe.org/about#sthash.wKHy9jfK.dpuf
I’m not against individual gun owners choosing gun locks, but must it be promoted so openly? On page two of a national publication no less? Would it not be better to spend that money on lobbying for the 2nd Amendment? Because to me this seems like an admission that guns are dangerous, which I would think it’s the last message the firearms industry would like to send.
Look at this standards for “safe” gun storage, I would think Bloomberg wrote them himself:
- Unloaded firearms should be stored in a locked cabinet, safe, gun vault or storage case. The storage location should be inaccessible to children.
- Gun locking devices render firearms inoperable and can be used in addition to locked storage. If firearms are disassembled, parts should be securely stored in separate locations.
- Ammunition should be stored in a locked location separate from firearms.
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Thoroughly double check firearms to confirm that they are unloaded when you remove them from storage. Accidents could occur if a family member borrows a gun and returns it to storage while still loaded.
See more at: http://projectchildsafe.org/safety/safe-storage#sthash.QPEsuDZY.dpuf
Gee, so I guess if there’s ever an emergency, all we have to do is run to one side of the house to get our gun, then to the other side to load it, assuming we haven’t been shot or stabbed or beaten by the bad guy.
The website even has these questions:
Before choosing a firearm for home security, ask yourself these questions:
- Are my security concerns realistic and consistent with local crime rates?
- Do other adults in my household support maintaining a gun in the house?
- Will other adults with access to the firearm join me in a firearms training and safety program?
- What precautions will I practice to safeguard children?
- Do risk factors such as mental illness or drug and alcohol abuse exist within my household?
– See more at: http://projectchildsafe.org/safety/safe-storage#sthash.QPEsuDZY.dpuf
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