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Gun Control Reform Activism

MH1

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1. Question for the gun-savvy

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 03:27 PM

May 2016

Aren't there devices that can make it impossible or at least very difficult* for a child to pull the trigger, but still leave the gun usable for an adult of normal strength?

All these child deaths seem so unnecessary.

(* obviously, "child-proof" caps on pill bottles aren't, at least not 100% - but they stop some and slow down the others, and thus have saved lives.)

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'My sister shot herself': 5-year-old dies playing with father’s unsecured handgun [View all] billh58 May 2016 OP

Question for the gun-savvy MH1 May 2016 #1

Not having a round in the chamber is the simplest thing to do Kaleva May 2016 #3

I was looking for something a little more idiot-proof. MH1 May 2016 #4

I feel no sympathy for the father. Kaleva May 2016 #2

No accident when a child has access to a loaded gun. mountain grammy May 2016 #5