Why the “big push” for trigger locks?
To be sure, trigger locks offer a minor amount of security. They will prevent a child from easily using a firearm but they are not entirely safe and secure. As we’ve discussed, most don’t prevent loading the firearm and may actually allow the trigger to be pulled. The second biggest objection most gun owners have is the false sense of security that these devices can give. A novice gun owner might feel that a trigger locked pistol is safe with the lock installed, even if a loaded magazine is in the weapon. Or that a revolver is “safe” with the lock. And removing a lock from a loaded firearm may put the owner in danger as well. The gun control advocates who claim trigger locks are “common-sense devices that will keep our children safe” are doing nothing more than relying on their untrained intuition as a substitute for actual knowledge. And I am reminded that “common sense” once dictated that the earth was flat, that blacks were an inferior race, and the ancient Egyptian libraries were h
