Re: Boy, 10, gets locked in gun safe at Sam's Club

[rms () computerbytesman com]

I don't know if there will be lawsuits or not.  Regardless, Sam Club's has
a major security problem if a 10-year kid can get into their gun safe.

Richard


> On 8/14/07, rms () computerbytesman com <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
> > http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/08/boy_10_gets_loc.html
> >
> >
> > Boy, 10, gets locked in gun safe at Sam's Club
> >
> > By Globe Staff
> >
> > A 10-year-old boy spent some 15 minutes locked inside a 5-foot-tall gun
> > safe at a Sam's Club in Worcester on Monday after playing with the
> > touch-pad
> > combination while his mother was shopping.
>
> Of course it was Sam's Club's fault - why would anyone write a ticket for
> the mother? After all, don't all parents abdicate their parental
> responsibilities when entering a store?! I feel a lawsuit coming on -
> against Sam's Club for having dangerous storage devices on the sales
> floor;
> Winchester for making a gun safe without an internal exit handle and the
> sheriff's department for making the boy wait 5 minutes. Then, after the
> lawsuits, there will be legislation...oh boy, what fun that will be.

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