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Broken Promises

The Failure of the Trigger Lock "Deal" Between the Gun Industry and the White House

Appendix B: Telephone Survey of Retail Gun Dealers

Hello. I'm calling from the Violence Policy Center in Washington, DC. We're conducting a brief five-question survey on the effectiveness of the Clinton Administration's voluntary trigger lock agreement with specific gun manufacturers and I was wondering if I could take a few minutes of your time?

1) Are you aware of the October 9, 1997 agreement between the Administration and certain gun manufacturers to supply trigger locking devices with their guns?

2) Do any of the handguns, rifles, or shotguns you sell come with trigger locking devices supplied by the manufacturer?

If Yes:

3) Could you tell me the name of the manufacturer(s) and the type of trigger locking device it comes with?

If No:

4) I am now going to read a list of firearm manufacturers. Could you please tell me if you sell new firearms made by any of the following companies?

Beretta
Browning
Davis Industries
Glock
Gibbs Rifle Company
Harrington and Richardson
Heckler and Koch
Heritage Manufacturing
Kahr Arms
Lorcin Engineering
North American Arms
O.F. Mossberg
Savage Arms
SIG Arms
Smith and Wesson
Sturm, Ruger
Taurus

5) Are you aware of any companies that will soon be supplying trigger locks with their guns?

6) Are there any other comments you would like to add?

Thank you for you participation in this survey

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