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Guns and Devices for Safety

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which included the requirement of built-in child safety locks on handguns, ballistics testing on new handguns to aid in solving crimes and additional safety training for those who purchase guns.  The legislation was quickly picked up by many states, counties and communities in their efforts to reduce the high rate of handgun deaths in the United States. With the exception  of Smith & Wesson, most gun manufacturers stated that they would not be adding additional safety features to their firearms. Smith & Wesson, on the other hand announced that it  would be including the addition of several types of safety locks on all of their newly manufactured handguns. Because of this commitment in 2000, Smith & Wesson not only received  appreciation from the public in regards to their social responsibility but they also received contracts from many police departments throughout the United States who pledged to use the new Smith  & Wesson guns with safety devices. Since that time other manufacturers have also introduced new safety devices for their firearms with the intention of increasing their social responsibility image and  offering new safety products which are within the legislation guidelines. Recent innovations in the manufacturing of "smart guns" are meant to prevent the  accidental shootings of children, to stop thieves from stealing guns from households and to decrease the incidents of criminals disarming police officers and using the weapons against them. Smart guns  which are designed to only be fired by the guns owner or other authorized users are just one of the many safety features which have been introduced in the gun  manufacturing industry in the past five years (LeDuc, 2000). In 2000, President Clinton passed several updates on the safety measures being taken to increase the safe use of firearms in