CPSC, Perm-a-Store Announce Recall of Inprint™ Safe-Boxes for Handguns

Recall Insight

This CPSC action (record #05586) was formally reported on July 11, 2005. It is classified under Moderate severity, with a current status of Active. Perm-A-Store, of Golden Valley, Minn. is listed as the recalling firm. Federal records indicate 500 units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: The door on these safe-boxes may not latch properly when closed, possibly giving children and others unauthorized access to a firearm. Distribution information was not included in the agency filing, so consumers should assume broad potential exposure until the firm publishes point-of-sale details. The remedy documented by the agency is: Consumers can return the recalled safe-boxes to Perm-a-Store for a free repair or ship the safe-box directly to Perm-a-Store for free, using a provided UPS account number. — consumers holding this product should act on that instruction rather than relying on general guidance.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by CPSC. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 21 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.