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To: pezz who wrote (5692)	3/7/2000 9:16:00 PM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

pezz, a trigger lock may installed by the manufacturer but, it takes the owner, or possessor, to keep it locked. I see no way that it could automatically stay locked, and still function. I would also imagine that some inventive thief could easily find a way to disable the lock. If they can open a bank safe, the trigger lock would be a snap. Like I said, I don't like to see guns misused any more than anyone else, but somebody has to come up with something that will work, and be fool proof, if that is possible. Trigger locks may help but, they are not the definitive answer. ~H~

To: pezz who wrote (5692)	3/10/2000 9:27:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

The suggestion is that all guns manufactured have trigger locks by law !.... Thus if a gun were stolen it would still have the lock. I'm not clear on these locks. If I use the gun and put it down, is it automatically relocked, or do I have to take some specific action to relock it? If the former, how do I unlock it? If the latter, do you think the guy who had the stolen gun that killed the 6 year old girl would have bothered to lock it? And aren't we just creating a new underground industry in removing locks from guns? If people won't put them in a gun safe, will they use the trigger lock? You can make all the laws in the world, and still guns will get into the hands of kids. Period. Our society celebrates guns, including the Westerns and cop shows put on by the "liberal" media. The more laws like this you enact, the further you get away from the concept that individuals should be held responsible for thier actions. Until we start returning to that concept, these tragedies will keep happening no matter how many laws we pass or how much behavior we criminalize. (We already have the second highest per-capita rate of incarcerated population in the world; are we going for number one?) We need to stop putting bandaids on the cancer sores and start addressing the cancer itself.