[NavyCaptain]

I think they got their peace offering. Child locks are acceptable to almost all. A ban is a harder mountain to climb.

[George from New England]

You got it!

When the burglar breaks in - you will both race to take off your trigger locks. Whoever gets theirs off first, shoots.

Only problem, burglar forgot his lock, you dead.

[Indy Pendance]

So, if I don't have children in the house, I don't have to worry if it has a 'child safety lock'. Stupid nannies.

[Richard-SIA]

I have the text of the amendment, in PDF.

It is far worse than a mere "peace offering", it does a LOT of damage that may not be apparent to the casual observer.

It is the thin end of the wedge giving the Consumer Product Commission an "In" to regulate firearms manufacturers and dealers!
This has been a long sought goal of the anti's!

This must be taken out of the bill, the sooner the better.

[El Gato]

I think they got their peace offering. Child locks are acceptable to almost all.

Notice they locks "*on* the guns" not with *with* the gun. That means most guns sold today would no longer be able to be sold, if that is what the amendment says. <> Notice too that Senator Craig talks about storage. Does that mean there is a storage provision in the bill? Since NoOne seems to have the text of the amendment, including I'll bet, most of the Senator who voted for it, we just don't know. And by the time we do know the bill may be passed and the only hope will lie in the House conferees and the House itself.

[mdmathis6]

Lets see, a child every 48 hours(would like to know how the statistics are gathered) would be about 180 children a year.

That number, while tragic, doesn't compare with the numbers killed by "on-pupose" shootings, accidental drownings, car anf bike accidents and so forth.

They want to tie up our constitutional freedoms based on 180 children(and I'm doubtful it's that many!). I think the country has more pressing issues than the amount of angst and legislative hot air being expended over this issue!

Now, the trigger lock amendment issue seems confined to hand-guns for the moment, but who knows what will happen down the line!