With No Oversight, Defective Firearms Go Unchecked. Melvin Claxton.
by Claxton, Melvin; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 401Business. Publisher: Detroit News, 2003ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Firearms -- Law and legislation | Firearms -- Safety measures | Firearms accidents | Firearms industry and trade | Gun control | Manufactures -- Defects | Technological innovationsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Many firearm manufacturers ignore technology--including their own--that would make guns safer and less apt to accidentally discharge. Internal memos, gun patents and employee depositions show that many of these safety features are cheap, easily installed and have been available for nearly 100 years." (DETROIT NEWS) This article presents the results of a four-month investigation that found that "tens of millions of guns in America share design flaws that put their owners and those around them in unnecessary jeopardy" and discusses some of the technology available to make guns safer.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: With No Oversight, Defective Firearms Go Unchecked, Dec. 16, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Many firearm manufacturers ignore technology--including their own--that would make guns safer and less apt to accidentally discharge. Internal memos, gun patents and employee depositions show that many of these safety features are cheap, easily installed and have been available for nearly 100 years." (DETROIT NEWS) This article presents the results of a four-month investigation that found that "tens of millions of guns in America share design flaws that put their owners and those around them in unnecessary jeopardy" and discusses some of the technology available to make guns safer.
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