Baltimore County Giving Out Free Gun Locks To Residents After 3 Incidents At Schools

[SecularMotion]

Baltimore County will now provide free gun locks at all 10 of their police precincts so owners can keep weapons out of the hands of children.

The first day of a school, a teen opens fire inside Perry Hall High School shooting another student.

One week later, inside Stemmers Run Middle School, a 13-year-old pulls out a handgun in the middle of class and points it at other students before a teacher wrestles it away.

“None of these incidents were caused by owners who were just being careless. Frankly, they were caused by owners who were being idiotic,” Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2012/10/12/baltimore-county-giving-out-free-gun-locks-to-residents-after-3-incidents-at-schools/

[underthematrix]

1. hmmm so stupid and gun ownership

are a recipe for danger. Yeah I concur. STUPID people should not own guns.

[Eleanors38]

2. Ah, so parents won't have to buy safes and lock boxes.

Why wasn't this thought of before?

[ManiacJoe]

3. Has it not been many years now since

all the handgun makers started including cable locks with the guns?

[Eleanors38]

8. Yep. Just another cheap "solution" to accomodate fully adult people who don't...

wanna clean up after themselves after using the thunder box.

[spin]

4. I see no problem with this. (n/t)

[Trunk Monkey]

5. I don't see the problem I THINK CSPD does the same thing NT

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. Works For Me. n/t

[PavePusher]

7. Assuming that kids don't know how to open locks, pick them, or search youtube.... n/t

[Glaug-Eldare]

9. I don't object a bit

Seems like this would be a good use for a small portion of the money raised through state transfer fees. Even if it doesn't result in much, it sounds good, it feels good, and it's cheap.


Just as an aside, it's already a legal requirement in Maryland that all handguns be transferred with an "internal mechanical safety device." Virtually no guns have one the meets the state's definition (I'm not aware of any that do), so instead the effect of the law is to require all handgun owners to possess a bore lock of the appropriate caliber at the time of transfer. Cable locks are provided for free with all handguns transferred in this state (is that national?), and many gun shops have stacks of cable locks that they give out for free.

[holdencaufield]

10. Yea! Free Stuff!

Courtesy of the Maryland taxpayers.

[Remmah2]

11. Unfortunately most gun locks are "Made In China".

Cheap pieces of crap that are easily removed. Some trigger locks can be left in the gun and the gun can be fired.

A false sense of security.

Firearm safety should be included as part of the regular school curriculum. Sex, birth control they use to be forbidden topics to discuss in school. I say to the anti-2A people, grow up and stop acting like a bunch of Catholic school nuns.

[ileus]

12. I put all my gun locks in the attic with the box the firearm come in.

I put the firearm either on my side or in a safe.