CPSC(NEW YORK) The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of more than 60,000 biometric gun safes because of a programming feature that "can allow unauthorized access to the safes."
At least one person has died, according to the CPSC.
The CPSC said there have been 39 incidents of consumers reporting that their safes have been accessed by unauthorized fingerprints.
"Consumers can believe they have properly programmed the biometric feature when in fact the safe remains in the default to open mode, which can allow unauthorized users, including children, to access the safe to remove hazardous contents, including firearms," the CPSC said in an announcement.
CPSC said consumers should immediately stop using the biometric feature, remove batteries from the safe and only use the key for the recalled safes.
Fortress Safe, the company behind the biometric gun safes, announced a recall "due to serious injury hazard and risk of death" an
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