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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

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.

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.

Thousands of biometric gun safes are being recalled due to concerns they can allow unauthorized access, federal officials said, citing a lawsuit alleging a 12-year-old boy died from a firearm

One of the reported breaches allegedly left one 12-year-old boy dead.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said there had been 39 reports of the safes opening to unauthorized users. A lawsuit claims that a child died after getting a firearm from a recalled safe.

Thousands of gun safes have been recalled after one person allegedly died from a firearm obtained from one of the safes.