The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers about the risk of serious injury or death posed by Owsoo or Cacagoo branded biometric gun safes sold on Amazon.com and Walmart.com.
CPSC evaluated these safes and found that the biometric programming feature can fail and open to any fingerprint without consumer awareness, allowing the safe contents, including firearms, to be accessed by unauthorized users, including children. The agency is aware of six reports of the safes being accessed with unauthorized fingerprints.
CPSC urges consumers who own affected Owsoo or Cacagoo safes to:
- Remove the batteries that power the biometric feature;
- Disable the biometric feature by puncturing the biometric reader; and
- Only use the keys to lock and access contents from the safe.
About 7,600 Owsoo or Cacagoo branded biometric gun safes were sold between at least September 2021 through July 2024 by various sellers based in China on Amazon.com and Walmart.com for between $40 and $70. The safes’ listings included either the name “Owsoo” or the name “Cacagoo.” All safes feature a logo that says “Cacagoo” on the top of the lid of the safe.
