How good are gun locks?
By Ralph Cipriano WebMD Feature March 26, 2001 — Parris Glendening, governor of Maryland, was standing in front of 100 police officers with a Glock semi-automatic pistol in his hand. “This is proof that it works,” the governor announced confidently as he slipped a new gun lock onto the firearm. Then — with TV cameras rolling and cops snickering — the governor tried repeatedly to remove the combination Saf T Lok, to show his constituents how easy they were to use. He struggled, clicking the pistol more than 50 times, but still couldn’t get it off. Dee Dee Sarff, spokeswoman for Project HomeSafe, the gun industry’s safety initiative, wasn’t at the press conference last year when the governor was wrestling with his Glock. But Sarff says she has an idea about what may have gone wrong. “It’s not about the gun lock, it’s the gun,” she says. “The gun lock is easy to use, but you have to be familiar with the firearm.” What can happen in a press conference situation, Sarff continues, is that
