The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission there have been 39 incidents of the safes being opened by people with 'unpaired' fingerprints and a lawsuit alleges a 12-year-old boy was killed by a gun removed from a safe.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fortress Safe, of Naperville, Illinois, announced a recall on Oct. 18, 2023, of about 61,000 biometric gun safes “due to a serious safety hazard and risk of death caused by a programming feature that can allow unauthorized access to the safes," the CPSC said. An Illinois company is recalled thousands of biometric gun safes after reports that they can be opened by people with “unpaired” fingerprints.
“CPSC is aware of a recent lawsuit alleging a 12-year-old boy died from a firearm obtained from one of these safes. There have been 39 incidents of consumers reporting that their safes have been accessed by unpaired fingerprints.” The commission said that people that own the safes should stop using the biometric feature and remove the batteries from the safe. Only the key should be used for the recalled safes.
Model numbers are located above the barcode on a label located on the back of the safe and on the top right corner of the original packaging.
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