Gun Locks

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Excellent clip. Thank you. I am going to have to rethink part of my safety systems.

NukemJim
 
The clip was very enlightening. I don't own any trigger locks and have no intention of ever starting. The reason I dislike trigger locks isn't because they are easy to pop off, but they delay bringing the gun into action when it is needed.

It would be nice if the people that do use and believe trigger locks render their gun inoperable and safe to leave around the house with children, especially teenagers, were shown this video. As with other devices, a trigger lock is a mechanical solution used in place of proper training.

Gun manufacturers get sued all the time. I wonder if anyone has ever sued the manufacturer of a trigger lock that failed to prevent an unauthorized person from using a firearm.
 
Interesting clip. I don't use the things myself but I don't begrudge someone else the right to choose to do so. If all I wanted to do was render a gun temporarily useless for some reason I think I'd just remove a key part and lock it away someplace like the trunk of my car.
 
And I bet those locks from the anti gun people wasn't the best there is. The lock that came with my ruger took about 10 hits and you got to hold and pull a little bit on it when you hit it and it came right open.
 
About 4 1/2 years ago, I saw a video clip on the internet of a revolver being fired (with live ammo) while it had a trigger lock on it. If anybody remembers what I'm talking about, I'd like to know if that clip is still available.

Somebody else (about a year ago?) had an excellent "rant" against trigger locks on his web site, with an animated .gif of a trigger lock activating a Glock trigger. I'd like to find that one, too.

Trigger locks are worse than useless; they're dangerous. Putting anything inside the trigger guard until ready to fire is just a stupid idea.

Any decent safe or lock box is a much better method of securing a firearm.
 
Which explains why those locks were recalled. :D Modernly, all you really need is one lock. Bring it to the store and show them so you don't have to buy another one. In fact, don't buy it. Borrow it. :D

What do I need it for anyway?:( I've got a safe.
 
4v50 Gary,

What state do you live in where that is ok? Here in MD all guns bought from a dealer, including new handguns, must be sold with trigger locks (despite the fact that new handguns also need a built-in lock). It doesn't matter how many you already have. You must buy one at the time you buy the gun, unless the gun itself comes with a trigger lock (in addition to the internal lock). It doesn't matter if you bring in 30 locks to show you have plenty. I wonder if the dealers had something to do with this law to pad the bottom line (before any gun dealers start on me here, I'm kidding).

Useless, annoying, adds about $5 to each purchase. One of the joys of being a gun owner in MD.:banghead:
 
What do I need it for anyway? I've got a safe.
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The reason I use them is for multiple layers of protection. i.e. the guns in the gun safe also have gun locks, the ammo is stored in locked metal cases, and the gun room is kept locked with a dead bolt. The theory is that even if I or my brother in law ( the only two with keys ) make a mistake and forget to lock something the other locks will prevent an accident ( toddlers around, my 7 year old nephew already knows the 4 rules and has his own chipmunk rifle:) )

After seeing that clip I am rething, looking for a replacement layer for the gun locks. No, I am not paranoid ( but why are you all out to get me ? :evil: )but I do remember how curios I was about firearms when I was growing up and how ingenious children can be.

NukemJim

PS The guns in the Mossberg quick acces safes are not equipped with gunlocks.
 
Thats alot of layers of protection and a little overkill, I keep my gun loaded right above my bed on a gun rack and my door wide open only because the youngest in the house is 18 and thats me. Where do you keep a gun for protection or do you live in the woods?
 
Trigger locks DO work !!!

Trigger locks on pistols are compulsory where I live and they do serve their purpose. That purpose being to convince sheeple that effective gun control measures are being enforced. The fact that a trigger lock can easily be defeated is a moot point. Remember that anti's and sheeple do not employ intelligence or common sense in their thought processes, so the illusion that trigger locks are an effective deterent works...
 
I do remember how curios I was about firearms when I was growing up and how ingenious children can be.
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That is why you teach them gun safety and shooting at an early age. If they know what it is, how it works and what it does, there is no curiousity and they are less likely to mess with one they come across both in your home and in the houses of others they visit.
 
That is why you teach them gun safety and shooting at an early age. If they know what it is, how it works and what it does, there is no curiousity and they are less likely to mess with one they come across both in your home and in the houses of others they visit.
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Or even if the curiousity gets the best of them... they'll still be responsible enough to handle it properly and with respect.
 
Chaim - I'm in California. Last gun I bought (earlier this year) was a rifle (Marlin 92) and I signed a form stating I had a gun safe/cabinet with which said gun could be secured. That excused me from having to buy a trigger lock. Otherwise I'd have to show up with an approved trigger lock to satisfy the dealer that I don't need to buy one. I've got the older style ones that are featured in the clip. I bought them as "training aids" for part of my "spiel" on gun safety (for folks who have guns at home). They're all obsolete now, but so am I. :)
 
That is why you teach them gun safety and shooting at an early age. If they know what it is, how it works and what it does, there is no curiousity and they are less likely to mess with one they come across both in your home and in the houses of others they visit.
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Agreed, but I do think that 2 and 3 years old is a little young to teach gun safety. My nephew was started at 6. I am also concerned about the neighborhood children than come in to visit and play.

NukemJim
 
Gun locks: I found a use for them, put them on a fire extinguisher and show antis the stupidity. 1) pretend there is "fire" - seriously do a hypothetical test...see how fast they can access the FE to "protect themselves. 2) then to disprove the "save the children" grab a pair of small cable/ diagonals...etc and cut . break into FE.

Antis cannot relate to needing a firearm--they do relate to fire and 'needing an fire extinguisher and smoke alarm.

Horse puckey on children and guns! I had a loaded firearm in my room since I was in a crib--And I know I am NOT unique, it's NOT because I'm from the "last great generation", I'm NOT an isolated case, and I'm NOT the only or last person whom parents TAUGHT them stuff.

My Gawd -Gasp - we didn't have 911--
MY Gawd- I was taught where water, food, candles, flashlights, extra batteries where kept too. OH my I was taught how to use a "manual can opener" too...guess it's too late for me, the damage is done...woe is me...;)

Screw the rules---teach the kids, hug them and take them shooting.
 
A quick question about cable locks: Since you have to have the slide locked open the entire time they are installed on the gun, does that wear out your recoil spring? Kind of like keeping magazines full will eventually require you to get the spring replaced?
 
does that wear out your recoil spring?
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Nope. Neither the one in the gun or the one in the magazine will wear out simply by being stored compressed. Springs wear during compression and expansion. It doesn't hurt them to stay compressed.
 
Its like bending a piece of metal a whole bunch of times, it will get soft and break apart, but if you bend it and leave it, it will be fine.
 
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