Now, I could have just told her that you get what you pay for, but it just so happens that I have one of their locks, and that's what we're going to look at today.

I've used it to secure this six hour handgun.

But before I show you how bad the lock is, I want to address those would tell me that no matter how bad a gun lock is, it's better than nothing.

And all things being equal, they would be correct.

Unfortunately, all things are not equal because a gun lock like this can change behavior.

For instance, someone might be comfortable keeping a locked gun in their nightstand when absent the lock, it would be squirreled away someplace.

It's far less likely a child would find it, given how bad this lock is.

In that scenario, it may actually degrade safety.

So is it really that bad?

Well, I'm just gonna let you judge that for yourself.

I'm using these wafer J colors, and we're actually going to take the simplest of the three.

Just that quickly.

We got it open.

Let's do that a few more times.

So you know, it wasn't a fluke open again and one last time.

OK, folks, I think it's pretty clear that this is not something that can be relied upon to stop an adolescent from accessing a firearm.

So while Project Child Safe is certainly commendable in their efforts to bolster gun safety, I'm concerned that in practice those efforts are undermined by the poor quality of these locks.

In any case, that's all I have for you today.

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