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A U.S. consumer rights watchdog has ordered a recall of more than 119,000 biometrics-enabled safes used for storing valuables and weapons.

Gun owners in New York should beware of a gun safe recall that may affect their ability to safely store weapons.

Gun owners in New York should beware of a gun safe recall that may affect their ability to safely store weapons.

MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than 60,000 gun safes have been recalled following the death of a 12-year-old boy and dozens of reports that unauthorized people can open the Fortress Safe devices. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said a programming flaw allows unauthorized people into the biometric safe. The youth died

Gun owners in New York should beware of a gun safe recall that may affect their ability to safely store weapons.

More than 60,000 biometric gun safes are being recalled because of a serious safety hazard and risk of death caused by a programming feature that can allow unauthorized access to the safes.

More than 60,000 gun safes sold at big-box sporting goods retailers nationwide were recalled on Thursday after a 12-year-old reportedly died after obtaining a firearm inside one of the safes, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced.

There’s a nationwide consumer alert, and it’s a concern KETV NewsWatch 7 Investigates exposed months ago.

By Michelle Watson, CNN

The biometric gun safes “can be opened by unauthorized users, posing a serious injury hazard and risk of death," the CPSC said. They were sold nationwide with several different brand names.