Gun Safe Widespread Deceptive Advertising: Difference between revisions
PsychoBreak (talk | contribs) Gun safes have industry-wide obfuscation of product's effectiveness. |
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|Description="Safes" are not real safes, self-certification, deceptive language, performative security features, exaggerating capacity by technicality, etc. | |Description="Safes" are not real safes, self-certification, deceptive language, performative security features, exaggerating capacity by technicality, etc. | ||
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{{Ph-I-Int}} | {{Ph-I-Int}}Products widely referred to as "gun safes" are usually not real safes, but "residential security containers".<ref>https://gunsafereviewsguy.com/articles/myths-about-gun-safe-theft-protection/2/#security-ratings</ref> The distinction comes from the certification/rating system established by Underwriter’s Laboratories, an independent testing company.<ref name=":0">https://www.ul.com/services/anti-theft-device-testing-and-certification</ref><ref>https://americansecuritysafes.com/testing-process-for-ul-rated-safes/</ref> This is just one of the multiple deceptive advertising practices widely used in the residential gun safe industry. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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==[Incident]== | ==[Incident]== | ||
{{Ph-I-I}} | {{Ph-I-I}}Incidents to expand on: | ||
* Fire rating (self-certification, fire-safe does not mean heat/steam/firehose safe) | |||
* Performative features (internal hinges, showy linkage)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7X8crrn0Kg</ref> | |||
* Detrimental features (door gaps, handle location, electronics, moisture-absorbing material, etc.) | |||
* Made in America=assembled in America which obfuscates the quality of parts (usually the locks) | |||
* Deceptive gun # capacity | |||
* Detrimental or poor features presented as positives (door handle location, gauge thickness) <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_WCg0KEiyI</ref> | |||
* Containers with security so poor that it cannot withstand a theft attack from a child (amazon desk safes)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJrSWXFXvlE</ref> | |||
===[Company]'s response=== | ===[Company]'s response=== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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