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CPSC: Don’t use biometric feature on Stack-On gun safes

January 31, 2025

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a warning Friday about a faulty biometric feature on Stack-On gun safes, after a 5-year-old from Michigan required surgery for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The injury was one of three incidents that have been reported in which unpaired fingerprints were able to open Stack-On biometric gun safes, according to the CPSC.

Consumers should stop using the biometric feature on Stack-On gun safes, pistol vaults and lock boxes distributed by Alpha Guardian and Stack-On. For a list of recalled safes, visit https://bit.ly/40W5fqa.

The CPSC evaluated the safes and found that the biometric programming feature can fail. Consumers may not realize that unauthorized users, including children, can access the safe’s contents.

The CPSC urged safe owners to:

  • remove the batteries that power the biometric feature;
  • disable the biometric feature by puncturing the biometric reader with a screwdriver; and
  • only use the keys to open and lock the safe.

 About 183,000 safes have been distributed from January 2015 to August 2023.

Alpha Guardian, which distributed the safes from 2017 through 2020, filed for bankruptcy in August 2020. Stack-On Products Co. distributed safes from August 2020 to August 2023. Stack-On has refused to recall the safes, according to the CPSC.

The safes were sold for $49 to $1,700 at Walmart, Sam’s Club, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Army and Air Force Exchange, Amazon, Gander Mountain, Cabela’s/Bass Pro Shops, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Scheels and other retailers nationwide. The safes also have been sold on secondhand sites, such as eBay.com.

The CPSC urges consumers not to buy or resell the affected biometric safes and report any incidents with the safes at www.SaferProducts.gov.

 

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