Here's a chance for gun manufacturers to step up and supply free locks to police and, to go one step further, include a lock with each gun when it is sold. There are more than 100 deaths by gunshot wounds each year in Maine alone, most of them from suicides, suicide attempts or domestic violence. The foundation estimates more than 1.4 million guns in Maine about 400,000 handguns. In 1997 there were 85 deaths in New Hampshire involving guns, including 70 suicides and 10 homicides. We don't know how many if any of these could have been prevented by gun locks, but they certainly wouldn't have added to the total.
Fire extinguishers come with locks, aspirin with safety caps.
A trigger lock for firearms is just as much a matter of common sense. The Portsmouth Herald Click here for more news Click here to send this article to a friend Seacoast Online is owned and operated by Seacoast Newspapers. Copyright 2001 Seacoast Online. All rights reserved. Please read our Copyright Notice and Terms of Use.