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Archaic devices developed under the notion that it would help keep people alive...though, given the situation they are needed for here, are a good idea, IMO...Originally Posted by sabot_round
You are actually telling me that those devices are required by law in CO.J/K
I am not a huge fan with trigger locks personally.
I work at dick sporting good and if you have ever noticed every gun has a trigger lock. I don’t know how many times I would be showing someone a rifle and they cock the hammer on a 22 or something. I would say about 6 times out of 10 it will de-cock without removing the lock. The fact there is a steel rod going through the trigger guard worries me. This is what I tell my customers they can do in addition with a trigger lock.
1. Remove the firing pin; take out the one part of the gun that turns it into a weapon. Removing the bolt from a rifle, with most handguns you can take the firing pin out.ect...
2. Keep the ammo in a different place than where you are storing the firearm.
3. A wire/barrel lock I feel would be a better choice since it is preventing the action from working.
4. Even a gun case with one or two locks on the outside wouldn’t be a bad idea and with the action locked on the gun or firing pin removed. What you have there is a fancy stick/metal part if it can’t function. What you are doing here is buying time so that one they will give up or two you would have enough time to stop them.
Just some ideas my .02 coop
Last edited by coop68; 02-27-2010 at 11:01.
No it's required by federal law for handguns. An amendment to to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of July 29, 2005 added a reguirement that dealers must "provide a secure gun storage or safety device" with all handgun sales. It's my understanding a year or so latter an amenderment to a budget bill defunded enforcement so it can't be enforced.You are actually telling me that those devices are required by law in CO.
FWIW our own Marilyn Musgrave was the one that defunded it.
That's what I could find anyway
I have a handful of the trigger/cable locks... if you want them. free. (four new in package)
Contact your local Sheriff department, the ones I have came from them.
Project Child Safe - passed 100's of them out for free to the departments to give out.
http://www.projectchildsafe.org/
Not promoting this in any way, but maybe you can get some for free through them.
thanks a bunch everybody. I was thinking about where to come up with these and just realized I was sitting on a great resource. It's very appreciated.
Matt, I'm sorry. I was thinking of those action locks. I don't have a trigger lock, just the one that goes in the action.
Mine is also a cable lock...I might have an actual trigger guard lock from my GSG-5 around here somewhere...
No worries yet, I have to talk with a few more people, but a cable and or trigger would probably be a good set up. Cover all the bases
Bigmat - I dug up 2 cable locks in my parts box. If you're still looking for some, they're yours for free.
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