[El Gato]

Someone, somewhere...thought that our houses and families would be made safer by putting locks on the doors and windows.

The only situation I know where such locks are mandatory is in rental housing. Even then, at least in Texas, only that there be a blind deadbolt lock on each exterior door. No law whatsoever that they must be used. That's in contrast to various "lock up your safety" laws.

Still there is a fundamental difference. Locks on your house are not to keep you in, they are to keep others out. You wouldn't have the locks set up so that it took a key to get *out*. Not so with gun locks which are designed to keep everybody out.

[Freedom2specul8]

Can't argue with your points...although I have purchased a deadbolt that requires a key to "get out"...they are nice for a few reasons. However, I was being a bit sarcastic when I wrote that post. I was trying to point out that door and window locks do not prevent break-ins. Although they can prevent most elementary kids from getting in and wreaking havoc. (The more elaborate the security...obviously the better the defense) The author just annoyed me. ;-)