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A total of 120,520 gun safes were recalled on Thursday. The four different models were sold at Walmart, Amazon and Bass Pro Shops nationwide.The safes were recalled because the biometric lock could fail or be opened by unauthorized users, "posing a serious injury hazard and risk of death." The "deadly" hazard is widespread in products across the nation, and the CPSC urged consumers to "immediately stop" using the biometric lock feature and remove the batteries.Once the batteries are removed, consumers should only use the keys for the safe to retrieve firearms until they receive a free replacement from the company from which they purchased the safe.Impacted companies are Bulldog Cases, Machir, BBRKIN and Awesafe. Newsweek has reached out to the companies by email for comment.
A spokesperson for Bulldog Cases told Newsweek that there was no problem with the safes, locks or the mechanical function."The safes were produced and shipped in demonstration mode in order to aid the retailers training the customers about the safes. This means that until you program the safe any fingerprint will open the safe. The problems have stemmed from people not programming the safes at all or not programming them properly," the spokesperson said. "The only change will be to the programming of the vaults. The safes will now ship in safe mode and will not operate until a fingerprint is registered. The original 'demo mode' safe and the new 'safe mode' safes will function the same once programmed correctly. We take this matter very seriously and are working to help all customers who reach out to us. This is also a voluntary recall."
This seems like a RTFM issue, not a tech one.