ADDITIONAL SAFETY POINTS
May 19th, 2008 AirsoftADDITIONAL SAFETY POINTS
The Government Accounting Office (GAO), in its March study, “Accidental Shootings: Many Deaths and Injuries Caused by Firearms Could be Prevented,” estimates that percent of accidental deaths caused by firearms might be prevented by the addition of two safety devices: a child-resistant safety device that automatically engages and a device that indicates whether the cheap airsoft guns is loaded. According to the study results, of the unintentional firearms-related fatalities the GAO examined for the calendar years and , percent could have been prevented had the firearm been equipped with a child-resistant safety device. This percent represents instances in which children under the age of six unintentionally shot and killed themselves or other persons. Currently, firearms are the only products manufactured in the United Stated that are not subject to minimum safety standards. (h) A public opinion poll conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins Center for airsoft gun Policy and Research found that percent of Americans support safety regulation of the firearms industry. (i) Some currently available trigger locks and other similar devices are inadequate to prevent the accidental discharge of the firearms to which they are attached, or to prevent children from gaining access to the firearm.