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Sunday, December 14, 2003: Gun manufacturers make little effort to fix or recall millions of defective firearms that kill or maim unsuspecting owners and people around them every year. The industry, which faces no outside regulation, enjoys a powerful ally in Congress.
Monday, December 15: Foreign
gun makers have gotten around a federal import law by setting up companies in
America that make guns that don't meet standards. And a host of local gun makers
have entered the cheap gun market with poorly made guns that also couldn't be
imported.
Tuesday, December 16: Gun makers
have extensive options to make firearms safer, ranging from conventional to
space-age technology. Scientists offer choices ranging from
radio-controlled guns to firearms that utilize Global Positioning Systems.
Should guns be brought under the control of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, so that safety and design standards can be enforced?
Related Links
Gun Manufacturers Firearm Safety Guidelines
 American Derringer
• General firearms and hunting safety rules
• Children and firearms safety
Beretta USA
• Safety guidelines
• Information about firearm safety courses
Glock
• Safe handling
• Safe storage of your firearm
Remington
• Ten Commandments of firearms safety
Ruger
• Basic safety rules
• Responsible firearms ownership
• Safe storage and locking
Taurus
• General safety tips
• Safety warnings
Firearm Safety Tips For Parents
Common Sense
Common Sense About Kids and Guns is a public education organization providing adults with information about firearm safety.
Family Gun Safety
Doctor approved health information regarding children and firearm safety.
Safer Child, Inc.
Safer Child, Inc gives basic tips for firearm safety, firearm law, and protecting your child
Safe Kids
National safe kids campaign gives firearm safety tips; why kids are at risk, protecting your family, and protecting communities.
Pediatrics Gun Safety Guide
Pediatrics.about provides gun safety tips, gun laws, child gun deaths statistics, and parental advice.
unloadandlock.com
Unloadandlock educates parents about firearm safety, and building kid-safe communities.
Organizations/Foundations/Misc
The National Rifle Association
• A Parent's Guide to Gun Safety
• Training Programs
• Education & Training Programs
Americans for gun safety foundation
• Firearms Safety Guide
• Universal Gun Safety Rules
• Safe Storage,
• Cleaning a Firearm
• Transporting Firearms Safely
• Hunting Safety, Range Safety
National Safety Council
• Firearms safety tips for young people
• Firearms pros and cons.
National Shooting Sports Foundations
• Rules for firearms safety
• Project Childsafe
• Safety Videos
• Safety Literature
Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners
• List dangerous, defective guns
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• Federal Laws
• Federal Firearms regulations reference guide
Regulateguns.org
• Dangerously flawed firearms
• Facts on guns and youths
• Health and safety standards
Forensic Firearm Identification
• Firearm recalls
• Safety warnings
Macomb Sheriff's Dept.
• Use & Storage of a Firearm in a Home Environment
• Weapons in the Home (articles 143)
State of Michigan
• Firearm safety tips
J & S Cast Bullet Co.
• The Fundamentals of Firearm safety
• Safe Gun Storage
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 Kathey McKee / Special to The
Detroit News
Brandon
Maxfield, left, with stepfather Clint Stansberry, was shot in
1994, leaving him a quadriplegic at age 7. A family friend was
unloading a Bryco Model 38 semiautomatic pistol when it discharged
accidentally, firing a round into Brandon's face. He and his
family won $49 million in June after a two-year legal battle
against Bryco.
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Tens of millions of guns in America share design flaws that put their owners and those around them in unnecessary jeopardy, a four-month Detroit News investigation found.
12/14/03
Faulty Remington rifles shatter lives
Lloyd Woods is a Vietnam veteran and longtime hunter who has spent much of his life handling and using guns. 12/14/03
Law would shield gun makers against suits
On April 9, with the nation focused on the war in Iraq, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to give gun manufacturers unprecedented immunity against most lawsuits, including many currently being litigated. 12/14/03
Timeline: Firearm patents addressed safety
12/14/03
Gun Safety Tips
12/14/03
Law fails to control junk guns
The 1968 Gun Control Act, aimed at stopping the flow of cheaply made, easily concealed handguns into the country, has done little to prevent the import of millions of guns that lack important safety features. 12/15/03
Top police gun prone to accidental firing
When police Officer Randall Smith was accidentally shot in the head by a fellow officer with a Glock semiautomatic pistol in 1995, he sued the gun maker, claiming the weapon was defectively designed and unnecessarily dangerous. 12/15/03
Firearm defects take toll
Firearms with manufacturing defects or that lack safety features are involved in thousands of unintentional shootings each year. 12/15/03
California-based firearms expert and historian Whit Collins fires a radio-controlled gun. He says gun makers should take a serious look at new firearm safety technology that is available to them. "Some clearly show significant promise," he said.
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Technology exists to make guns safer
The advertisement for the brand new Smith & Wesson handgun promised it all. 12/16/03
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