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  2. Gun and personal safes got recalled. One of the problems let ...

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    How many reports of the problem: Awesafe has received 71 reports of the gun safes being “opened by unauthorized users.” Awesafe Biometric Gun Safe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

  3. Gun safe - Wikipedia

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    An example (open and closed) of a typical gun safe. A gun safe is a safe designed for storing one or more firearms and/or ammunitions.Gun safes are primarily used to prevent access by unauthorized or unqualified persons (such as children), for burglary protection and, in more capable safes, to protect the contents from damage by flood, fire or other natural disasters.

  4. Safe-cracking - Wikipedia

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    Safes have widely different designs, construction methods, and locking mechanisms. A safe cracker needs to know the specifics of whichever will come into play. Lock manipulation. Lock manipulation is a damage-free, combination-based method. A well known surreptitious bypass technique, it requires knowledge of the device and well developed touch ...

  5. Firearm malfunction - Wikipedia

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    Failure to feed (FTF) is when a firearm fails to feed the next round into the firing chamber. Failure to feed is common when the shooter does not hold the firearm firmly (known as limp wristing), when the slide is not fully cycled by the preceding round, or due to problems with the magazine. It can also be caused by worn recoil springs, buffer ...

  6. What other countries say about the gun violence problem in ...

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    Pew Research Center found that the gun death rate in the U.S. in 2021 was 14.6 per 100,000 people — a figure much higher than in the majority of developed nations, according to a 2018 study of ...

  7. Gov. Shapiro: Gun violence is 'an American problem'

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    "The problem of gun violence isn't just a Philadelphia or Wilkes-Barre problem — it's an American problem." In 2023 alone, counties that received GVIP funding filed over 8,000 criminal cases ...

  8. Mosler Safe Company - Wikipedia

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    Bankrupted, acquired by Diebold Inc. Headquarters. Hamilton, Ohio. , U.S. Website. mosler.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2001-04-18) The Mosler Safe Company was an American multinational manufacturer of security equipment specializing in safes and bank vaults. In 2001, the company was acquired by Diebold Inc. after going bankrupt.

  9. Safety (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Safety (firearms) Close-up shot of a safety of an M16A2 rifle. In firearms, a safety or safety catch is a mechanism used to help prevent the accidental discharge of a firearm, helping to ensure safer handling. Safeties can generally be divided into subtypes such as internal safeties (which typically do not receive input from the user) and ...