This is fast enough to use in an emergency, and secure enough to protect a child.<P>Trigger locks are a joke. They can easily be opened without the key, if you know what you're doing.

Some gun owners argue that trigger locks and gun safes might impede the use of a gun in a self-defense situation, but Ramsey said it’s far more dangerous to have a gun loaded and ready to fire at a ...

The locks were made available for free to residents through the City of Grand Rapids Neighborhood Collaborative.

People can't be forced to use seat belts or gun trigger locks, but many would, and the lives of many children and suicidal people could be saved.

Alternatively, the owner can attach a trigger lock. The locks are given away at many police stations, and they're offered free to buyers of handguns at gun shops, as required by a 2005 federal law.

Some gun owners argue that trigger locks and gun safes might impede the use of a gun in a self-defense situation, but Ramsey said it’s far more dangerous to have a gun loaded and ready to fire ...