The gun lock amendment, sponsored by Hatch and Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin), was approved Wednesday 78-20.

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The provision also provides liability protections for a gun owner who uses a safety lock and whose gun is stolen and used in a crime.

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But if we gun guys are the paragons of civic virtue that we claim to be, why do we have to be ordered to lock up our guns or report a gun theft?

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