Child locks himself in gun vault

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The parents are responsible for thier kids actions. They should have kept thier kids right with them instead of letting them run around the store. I do agree the they should have kept the safe's closed until a customer wanted to look at one.
 
No jury would find leaving a safe open or easily locked to be a reasonable precaution.
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Depends on the applicable law. That's part of the trial process and the judge's instructions to the jury.

If it happened to your kids, sure, you'd be mad at yourself, but you would still demand your pound of flesh.
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I think you are probably right on this one. People, even stalwart 2Aers, are affected when they gobble a few instant greed pills.
 
So, is that the case with all RSCs sold from a big box store? If they indeed do all have a failsafe combination (that actually works), is it disabled when purchased? I've never heard of that.
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I have no idea what they're talking about. Most commercial units come "set to 50" where you only have to turn the dial left to 50 once, then right to open. This is how all of my safes are set up.

I would imagine that the safe was set to a random set of numbers at the factory, and the combination never changed. The local Cabela's uses a small C clamp on the boltwork to keep it from closing on their floor displays. I would imagine Dick's did something similar.

I think this would create some liability for them, since if they did something to prevent it from happening, they knew there was a risk. Since their precautions failed, I'm sure they'll be writing a check.
 
The parents are responsible for thier kids actions. They should have kept thier kids right with them instead of letting them run around the store.
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This is a great sentiment and all, echoed by others here as well, only the kids were not at the store with their parents. No parent keeps their kids by their side 24/7, not kids the ages of the ones locked in the safe, not teenagers. Part of growing up is learning to do things without your parents.
 
There was a classic movie along these lines, black and white, I can't remember the title though.
Edit: found it. It was called Time Lock and involved a child accidentally locked in a bank vault. Filmed in 1957.
 
I can't believe nobody made note of this. The last line of the article linked in this thread was classic.

Firefighters rescue boys inside locked safe at S.L. store
Published: Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 10:11 p.m. MDT
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Firefighters had to crack a safe at a downtown sporting goods store after three boys became stuck inside Thursday.

A group of boys were at Dick's Sporting Goods in The Gateway when three boys climbed inside a gun safe and another boy closed the door behind them, said Salt Lake Fire spokesman Scott Freitag.

The boys — ages 9, 12 and 13 — were trapped inside the 4-foot by 4-foot safe for nearly 40 minutes while store employees and firefighters tried to get them out.

Store employees tried a combination to unlock the safe, but it would not open, Freitag said. Firefighters were called about 8 p.m.

Rescuers initially worried there wasn't enough air for the boys to breath in the safe.

"We could talk with the boys," Freitag said. "They told us they were breathing OK."

That gave firefighters time to drill holes in the safe and pump in compressed air from their tanks. They then used pneumatic chisels to cut off the back of the safe to free the boys.

"They were scared and they were hot," Freitag said. "But we got them out. They were safe."
 
I've occasionally worried about getting robbed, being forced to open my safe and then getting locked in by a nefarious criminal. What a rotten way to go.

I never thought of that before. Thanks for bringing me into your nightmare! Now I'll have that in the back of my head too!
 
The Dick's store here keeps the safes closed & locked but the combiinations are written on pieces of masking tape on the top of them.
Maybe a customer opened the safe to look at it & didn't close it. They will probably change how they do this now I guess.
 
Are these types of safes/RSC not owner combo settable? I know most safes I have dealt with have a shipping combo that is the same across the board when these safes are not being used to store anything. It's up to the owner/user to set a combo.
 
I can picture myself doing this when I was 9 years old...in 1969. The story would go:

1) 9 year old is locked in safe w/friends in sporting goods store.
2) Firefighters rescue 9 year old and friends.
3) Parents of 9 year old apologize profusely to store manager, employees, firefighters and police for trouble 9 year old caused.
4) Parents take 9 year old home and the ass-kickings commence.
5) 9 year old learns from his mistake...and subsequent ass-kicking.
 
Y'know, given the behavior I see out of most kids and their parents while in stores and shops, I'm just not seeing a problem here. As a matter of fact, I'm thinking that maybe all stores should have "Child Lockers" for the safe storage of children, while their parents shop. :evil:



J.C.
 
I will have to say that if this happened when i was a kid I would have had to do chores to "pay off" the cost of the safe. After of course being punished for being overall dumb.
It would be rather interesting to find out that the impossible happens and the parents are actually members of this site. :D LOL
 
Anyone who says parents are always responsible does not have kids. BTW All are responsible for all...
 
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