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Boy gets trapped in gun safe at Sears
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Tuesday, November 13, 2001 | Liz Zemba

Posted on 11/13/2001 11:45:23 AM PST by Willie Green

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:02:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A Johnstown couple's shopping trip to Westmoreland Mall Monday night nearly took a tragic turn when their 8-year-old son became trapped in an airtight gun safe.

Joshua Mulvehill emerged unharmed from the approximately 4-foot-high safe when crowbar-wielding rescuers pried open the door 10 minutes after the boy's big brother unintentionally locked him inside it.


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1 posted on 11/13/2001 11:45:23 AM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green
MORE PROOF GUNS SHOULD BE BANNED!! < /SARCASM>
2 posted on 11/13/2001 11:48:23 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Willie Green
"People shouldn't have this kind of access," said a shaken Stephanie Mulvehill. "They should be kept locked."

People shouldn't raise kids this stupid.

3 posted on 11/13/2001 11:48:27 AM PST by wideawake
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To: Willie Green
I'm amazed that the store did not have the correct combination for that safe.
4 posted on 11/13/2001 11:50:28 AM PST by Poohbah
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To: Recovering_Democrat
MORE PROOF GUNS SHOULD BE BANNED!!

Actually, more proof that these deadly assault safes should be banned! *grin*

5 posted on 11/13/2001 11:52:21 AM PST by fourdeuce82d
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To: wideawake
People shouldn't raise kids this stupid.

ALL kids are stupid.

That's why parents have to keep an eye on 'em.

6 posted on 11/13/2001 11:53:16 AM PST by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
sales staff tried unsuccessfully to use a combination to open the safe...After Sears tried the combination 15 times, I said the heck with it… a Sears employee tried instead to call Westmoreland County 911 using a store phone. When the call wouldn't go through…

I see Sears hasn’t changed much since I was last there about 15 years ago.

7 posted on 11/13/2001 11:54:00 AM PST by dead
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To: fourdeuce82d
I am waiting for the teary-eyed person to come in here an state facts about how over 2.4 kids have been trapped in a safe in the last 10 years. A new law should be passed.

The correct combination must be typed on the outside of any safe. Hummmmmm
8 posted on 11/13/2001 11:55:05 AM PST by phalynx
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To: Willie Green
"They pried open the safe's door within minutes..."

Huh. Great safe.

9 posted on 11/13/2001 11:56:02 AM PST by billorites
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To: Willie Green
If the parents actually watched their kids they wouldn't have to blame the store for causing the kids pranks.
10 posted on 11/13/2001 11:56:20 AM PST by plinker's2sense
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To: Willie Green
True enough, but Adam Mulvihill is a stupid butthead among stupid buttheads. As the general in "Good Morning, Vietnam" would have put it, he's not crazy. He's mean.
11 posted on 11/13/2001 11:56:33 AM PST by RichInOC
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To: wideawake
People shouldn't raise kids this stupid.

LOL!

12 posted on 11/13/2001 11:56:47 AM PST by lavaroise
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To: Poohbah
I'm amazed that the store did not have the correct combination for that safe.

The combination (along with the owner's manual, warranty registration card, etc.) was probably in an envelope inside the safe.

13 posted on 11/13/2001 11:56:51 AM PST by Willie Green
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To: wideawake
The old "It's not their fault" syndrome. These little boys are going to be trouble.
14 posted on 11/13/2001 11:59:13 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: Poohbah
I'm not,it's hard to teach common sense.
15 posted on 11/13/2001 11:59:41 AM PST by mdittmar
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To: billorites
They need to put a padlock on that safe to keep kids out. Better yet every safe manufacturer should provide free safe locks to every purchaser. Or maybe all law enforcement agencies could provoide safe locks for all safes, free for the asking.
16 posted on 11/13/2001 11:59:47 AM PST by ladtx
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To: Willie Green
Any safe you can open with a crowbar in a few minutes shouldn't be called a safe.
17 posted on 11/13/2001 12:01:03 PM PST by Hans Moleman
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To: Willie Green
companies that manufacture safes should be required to install devices that allow a person trapped inside to free himself

Let's see. A boy is in a completely dark gun safe that he's just been pushed into seconds before the door is shut. He's afraid, panicking even. He's unfamiliar with the safe and you expect him to be able to find and then operate a knob/lever/whatever. Uh, huh. Federal regulations are definitely a good idea....

18 posted on 11/13/2001 12:01:06 PM PST by FourPeas
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To: Willie Green
If I did this my mtoher would still be beating on my head....and I'm 48.
19 posted on 11/13/2001 12:01:07 PM PST by IC Ken
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To: Willie Green
James Mulvehill thanked those who pitched in to help force the safe open, but both he and his wife were critical of Sears.

"People shouldn't have this kind of access," said a shaken Stephanie Mulvehill. "They should be kept locked."

No wonder the kids acted like idiots, the parents are idiots.

Not much of a safe.

20 posted on 11/13/2001 12:01:34 PM PST by Double Tap
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