[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.

[drlevy88]

Assuming you use the lock, of course. Except in rare cases, a wise person, and surely one living alone, shouldn't.

[finnman69]

EXCEPT the bill does not require homeowners to use the locks.

other than that your scenario works.

[Slings and Arrows]

If I'm reading this article correctly, the amendment doesn't require that the safety locks be integral, or even used - only that they be present. (Taurus, for example, has key-activated locks built into many of its handguns.) If this is the case, the amendment just becomes a de facto tax on handguns - not good, but not crippling. Of course, the lamestream media rarely gets it right when it comes to guns.

[Arthalion]

Which is why my gun is under my bed in a thumbprint activated safe with a spring loaded door. It takes me longer to chamber a round than it does to get my gun out, and I don't have to worry about my kids stumbling across it.

There are solutions to every problem. If there isn't, someone will invent one and make a lot of money.

[Tempest]

You could just leave it unlocked.

[Not A Snowbird]

They can make me buy a trigger lock, but they can't make me put it on once I get the gun home. Worthless requirement aimed at making the touchy-feely crowd feel better.

[timydnuc]

Buy the damned thing and don't use it. We are a married couple that have grown kids (32, 23, 22). We have a town home, kicked the kids out. In the old days a child safety lock would have been nice (hiding them and telling the kids "don't you ever play with this" worked very well). I'll go for it if it will bring back our 2nd Amendment rights, and keep the John Edwards' slim sucking, bottom feeding lawyers from litigating against the firearm manufactures.

[Lurking Libertarian]

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

I don't think this bill requires that guns be kept with trigger locks, only that they be sold with trigger locks. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[Dave Olson]

One of the fundamental rules of gun safety is you don't touch the trigger of a gun until you're ready to shoot.

I wonder how many people will be wounded or killed simply because they tried either to install or remove a trigger lock on a gun that's cocked and loaded.