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And It’s ‘Lock Up Your Safety’ Law-Compliant!

That thing needs a Moms Demand decal!

Thanks, Sean!

UPDATE: I couldn’t quite make out the brand name and couldn’t find this on Amazon– anybody know who makes it?

Most Dangerous Homes Won’t Be Impacted by Gun Lock Bill

They’re not going to get a gun lock from a black-market dealer, are they? [More]

Besides, it’s not like the motivation is really about “gun safety”…

Disincentivizing the Victim

A Dangerous New Gun Law That Targets Gun Owners… [Watch]

This one is particularly insightful in explaining how the opposite of what is intended is achieved.

[Via Jess]

The Dawn of a New Golden Age

As gunshot injuries rise, BJC expands gun lock program [More]

Who’da thunk the answer would be this simple?

Anything to keep from addressing the real issue…

[Via bondmen]

So It All Boils Down to Negligence, Laziness, and Stupidity

A Newport News grand jury has indicted the mother of the 6-year-old who shot his first grade teacher at Richneck Elementary in January. Deja Taylor has been charged with felony child neglect and misdemeanor recklessly leaving a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child. [More]

Good. Just as if she’d left anything else a child could hurt himself or others with in easy reach.

Stupid ****s like her are the reason the grabbers push “lock up your safety” diktats on the rest of us.

Any bets she’s not a Democrat?

[Via Mack H]

Basket of Deplorables

In a triage waiting room of St. Louis Children’s Hospital in Missouri, a clear basket filled with gun locks sits near the walkway, just noticeable enough to those passing by. [More]

How ’bout another basket filled with Lego astronauts?

[Via Steve T]

At Least It Looks Like They’re Doing Something

St. Louis Public Schools District hands out gun locks to parents [More]

Not quickly enough, evidently…

[Via Bondmen]

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