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Article: Consumer subcommittee to examine standards for gun locks.
- Article from:
- CPSC Monitor
- Article date:
- February 1, 2001
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Ann Brown to Testify on Gun Locks
Any effort to expand CPSC's jurisdiction and enforcement authority will find CPSC Chairman Ann Brown in the forefront. Brown has called for CPSC jurisdiction over gun locks, a proposition made uncertain because of express exclusion of firearms in CPSC's governing statute.
But currently there is an effort in the Congress to establish federal standards for gun locks. The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism is said to be planning a hearing soon to explore the question: "Should there be a mandatory or a voluntary standard for gun locks?" The Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs ...
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Article: GUN LOCKS RECALLED, TOO EASILY OPENED THEY HAVE ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);
February 14, 2001 ;
625 words
... ... so the program was suspended. The CPSC reviewed 32 models of gun locks, including the one distributed by the ... access to guns. The recall comes as the CPSC is seeking a single standard for gun locks. The government is offering free locks ...
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