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[Cougfan2]

This one has to be embarassing for Costco.

Boy Locked Inside Costco Gun Safe

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A boy locks himself inside a gun safe inside a Sacramento Costco on Sunday.

Authorities said an 11-year-old boy was playing around and climbed into a safe. The door closed, looking him inside.

Store employees had a tough time getting the door open and that was when firefighters were called to the scene.

"Our initial concern is that he was going to run out of air. So, our crews were ready to drill holes in the safe to give him some air," said Jim Doucette, with Sacramento City Fire Department.

Employees were able to get the safe to open. The boy was not hurt.

Costco said it will either remove the safes from the floor or secure the safes so kids can't do this in the future.

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[dragonsden73]

Poor kid is probably claustrophobic now....

 

[Cougfan2]

Poor kid is probably claustrophobic now....

I can't even imagine how scared this kid must have been. I think there's plenty of blame to go around. Costco was stupid to have the safe unlocked and open, but where were this kid's parents? A good reminder that kids can get themselves into trouble a lot quicker than you can keep them out of it if you're not watching them.

 

[slingshot1943]

Too bad, I hope they don't stop selling gun safes. They have a nice safe for 500 here in salem. I'd like to see the promotion of safe usage.

 

[jdub75]

Too bad, I hope they don't stop selling gun safes. They have a nice safe for 500 here in salem. I'd like to see the promotion of safe usage.

Don't you mean the promotion of safe safe usage?

 

[Sun195]

That's a new twist - rather than locking up your guns so the kids can't get to them, lock up your kids instead.

 

[eldbillbo]

Poor kid is probably claustrophobic now....

Good maybe he will stay out of safes now.

 

[MarkSBG]

We need to ban these dangerous safes! WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

 

[TonsOfOregonBrass]

If it just saves 1 child it will be worth it

 

[Muddman]

My safe has to be latched from the outside
and would not latch just by closing the door.

 

[d1esel]

Who knew Costco sold “ASSAULT SAFES”? In California, no less.

 

[eldbillbo]

My safe has to be latched from the outside
and would not latch just by closing the door.

its easy to keep kids out of a safe just make sure its full

but it does bring up a point though a safe should not be able to be locked from the inside and i don't know of any that do perhaps the parent locked the child in there so they could finish shopping hmmmm.

 

[timbernet]

He was 11???? Why would an 11 year old be climbing into a safe? I could see a little kid, but 11 is getting up there... Sheesh - parents don't teach their kids how to behave anymore :-(

 

[eldbillbo]

Who knew Costco sold “ASSAULT SAFES”? In California, no less.

We should ban California

 

[eldbillbo]

He was 11???? Why would an 11 year old be climbing into a safe? I could see a little kid, but 11 is getting up there... Sheesh - parents don't teach their kids how to behave anymore :-(

California banned Teaching your kids to behave.

 

[Will]

I expect there was a big brother or sister involved as most safes require a mechanical movement on the out side to secure the lock. Better yet another shopper tired of the kids running unattended through the store decided they would put one of these kids in a safe place.

 

[jdub75]

He was 11???? Why would an 11 year old be climbing into a safe? I could see a little kid, but 11 is getting up there... Sheesh - parents don't teach their kids how to behave anymore :-(

I do believe this is what Darwin referred to as Natural Selection, no?

 

[jaredpost]

thats just great, now they will disable the safe's so you can't look inside before buying one. I blame the parents!

 

[Cougfan2]

I do believe this is what Darwin referred to as Natural Selection, no?

Best answer I've heard!

 

[Abe Froman]

The safes on display should be locked in the first place. Most quality safes have very heavy doors, that if the safe is not properly secured it will tip over very easily when the door is open. I also don't think that kids should be playing in them, but once again a locked safe would have prevented this.