# Gun Manufacturers' Liability **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 14, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-manufacturers-liability/939719 "2021-04-14T13:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 40
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-manufacturers-liability/939719/40 "2021-04-14T15:09:49Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > But approximately 5% of those deaths and injuries are accidental. While that’s not a huge number, most of those are completely preventable with small changes to the way guns are manufactured and sold. Cite please. Because we’ve been over this in [recent forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-a-good-time-to-talk-about-gun-safety-laws/938605), including the whole biometric/RFID locks, and even there, the few models created represented a 3-5x increase in cost - a factor that might come down with mass production, but there were also serious security risks in terms of jamming (RFID) discussed. So I’d love to see evidence of “small” changes that could increase security. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-manufacturers-liability/939719)._