Software in fingerprint biometric gun safe sensor fails; death prompts product recall

A biometrics-enabled personal gun safe that is implicated in the gunshot death of a child in the United States has been recalled.

Models of Fortress Safe's keeps that use the same fingerprint-scanning software are being pulled from the market. Each vault also has a key lock.

It is possible for an adult to think the safe is locked when it is not.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday recalled 61,000 biometric safes, pistol vaults, gun cabinets and other personal …

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