Gun lock program stalled

Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2000 | 3:23 a.m.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a trade group based in Newtown, Conn., distributed 400,000 cable locks through more than 300 law enforcement agencies.

Agencies in 360 other communities signed up for the program, but had not begun to distribute the locks before police in Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn., reported the problems last week.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office gave away about 1,500 of the gunlocks in March and had not received any complaints, according to Sgt. Lance Modispacher.

Other Nevada communities listed on the Project Home Safe Web site as having received gun locks for distribution are Churchill County, Las Vegas and Reno, the Nevada Appeal reported on Wednesday.

The foundation says no more locks will be given out until extensive testing is done.

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