The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of tens of thousands of biometric gun safes from four manufacturers over faulty locks. Fortunately there have been no injuries reported.
Yahoo News has the details and companies involved.
Thousands of biometric gun safes from various brands were recalled because of faulty locks.
According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, four different brands of biometric gun safes are being recalled as of February 22, 2024. The brands include Bulldog Biometric Firearm Safes, Machir Biometric Personal Safes, BBRKIN Biometric Gun Safe and Awesafe Biometric Gun Safes.
All four brands of safes are being recalled due to having faulty biometric locks that allow unauthorized people to open the safes, which could cause injuries or even deaths.
About 33,500 Bulldog safes are being recalled, with four reports of unauthorized people gaining access to the safe, Machir had around 24,820 recalled safes with 15 reports of unauthorized access, about 2,200 recalled BBRKIN safes with one report of a 6-year-old gaining access to the safe, and around 60,000 Awesafe gun safes being recalled with 71 reports of unauthorized access to the safe.
The folks at the Consumer Product Safety Commission recommend this as the remedy:
Consumers should immediately stop using the biometric feature of the recalled safe, remove the batteries from the safe and only use the key when storing firearms. Contact Bulldog to receive a repair kit or free replacement safe for consumers with the Magnum Biometric Pistol Vaults, or a free replacement safe for consumers with the Magnum Biometric Top Load Pistol Vaults.
Here’s a dirty little secret. These safes are not “high security.” If you’ve ever watched The Lockpicking Lawyer on YouTube, you really should. On second thought, with what he demonstrates, you’ll know that locks just help keep honest people honest.
And then there are poorly designed safes like this one:
Bottom line? You get what you pay for.
Always remember the golden rule: keep firearms inaccessible to unauthorized persons.