@@Necroticss many people used a Pen to make a makeshift Nintendo Security Screwdriver, they heated them and "punched" it down so it formed a Negative of the screw and used that to unscrew the screw
Yup. I was going to suggest myself (because of the makeshift gamebit driver trick), but he clearly needed to change the battery in his Zelda cart in a pinch at some point, so of course he already knows lol
I'd rate this one curious kid, or curious stupid teen. if you haven't seen the device inside the gun that won't open, you'll need some relatively good googling skills to find out what's going on.
Accidental/ Negligent discharge is the easiest one. "Keep your booger hook off the bang switch." Problem solved, problem staying solved. First gun I ever bought was a 1911a1 with a lock on the back strap of the pistol. It could be defeated by a couple of thumb tacks, a paper clip, a staple, or a bit from a $5 harbor freight "security" bit driver set. It was literally worse than useless, since it provided a false sense of security.
@@jackstecker5796 Are you referring to the beavertail grip safety? That's the only "back strap" device I know of. I have no idea what a built in lock would look like on the 1911.
@America why not. there is zero reason to not by a gun with a threaded barrel. it just allows you to put a muzzle attachment. which isn't a big deal. ohh boy i dont blow my ear drums out with a single shot indoors due to my suppressor. or ohh boy the recoil is slightly less due to a muzzle break
Also, if you’re about to buy a gun in the state ask the seller to show how the lock works and then bet them $50 that you can open it without the wrench, then ask if you can borrow a pen🤣🤣🤣
Oddly, it reminds me of the obscure warded locks that were common hundreds of years ago, insofar as the mechanism is easy to release, just hard to reach.
Really enjoying your current gun lock series, LPL. I haven't ever bothered with individual gun locks; I have a very low quality gun safe that all of my guns (except my home defense weapons) are kept to keep them out of the reach of the neighborhood children. It certainly isn't any sort of effective theft protection, but it serves its purpose. I've always wondered exactly how much protection the locks that are included with new firearms provide (as well as the various after market solutions as shown in this video). My reloading room has a deadbolt lock on it, and the safe is inside the reloading room. Again, near zero theft protection, but it keeps the little ones out of harm's way.
Gun safes are the way to go. Some of the low quality ones can be slightly improved by upgrading the cam locks, or welding hasps to them and using a good padlock... but you really need to spend quite a bit before the safe is resistant to prying attacks, so replacing the locks will only get you so far.
I have a feeling that most of these locks are probably purchased simply to satisfy the silly state requirement with no intention of them actually serving a security or maybe even a safety purpose. Is the law in Maryland such that this internal locking device only needs to be present at the time of sale or do you have to store that way too? My home state of Illinois also has a silly law about new guns being sold with locks. I have a bin of unused locks and my firearms are in safes. At least Maryland hasn't gotten so silly as to ban suppressors, like Illinois. Noticed that your .45s have thread protectors...
madcow3007 I would like to know how much $ is wasted in a years time due to that bullshit law! There are a couple dealers & ranges around my way that have "Free Locks, Take As Many As You Can Carry" bins on their counters just because of that shit
I also live in Maryland and they are becoming like California every year. The laws they make pertaining to handguns are not going to stop the Maryland gang bangers from robbing, stealing, and obtaining guns from other places.
@@bwood6337 suppress the sound to a safe decibel level obviously suppressors don't quiet the gun a lot it's just enough to where it's not deafeningly loud
Would any of these "down the barrel" type of locks end up scratching the barrel, damaing the rifling or otherwise having a detrimental effect on the functioning of the firearm? Also, are all these guns your own personal ones?
They can scratch the barrel, but most use materials that are softer than the barrel steel. The real issue in impacts on the crown of the barrel. That can seriously mess up accuracy. And yes, all the guns are mine.
Although it could still scratch it, it's not going to touch the rifling. Since the lock only is long enough to fill up the firing chamber. However, you scratch your firing chamber enough., you will fire form the case into the scratches. Therefore causing malfunctions, such as failure to eject and or stove piping. But if it was me, I'd never use it in just buy a safe. That's extra valuable seconds you could be wasting removing it.
They can very much scratch the crown on your gun, which is one reason I don't like them. Also, with a *1911,* inserting the lock as seen in the video, basically just dropping it into the chamber through the ejection port, then closing the action, is ill advised, as 1911 extractors don't like it when you snap it over the rim like that, it applies a bad leverage which can make the extractor break. This is 1911 'etiquette' in general though, you shouldn't do this with live cartridges or snapcaps either. Load only through the magazine.
I once had an airsoft replica of that gun. I never knew how faithful it was until I just saw the real thing! I mean down to that little hole above the trigger guard and the exact same texturing on the handle. I‘m stunned...they must have used the same mould or something.
They, the Chinese, just made molds from the real thing. They can copy most anything, but a toy that faithfully copies a real gun is extremely dangerous.
Great series on firearm locks brother,love seeing all the different types of locks for this application. It's crazy that a empty pen was the tool for the job,that's frankly unforgivable. Great review !
I’m from MD, left in 2017. You don’t need to use the lock, it’s just required to have one when you make a purchase. Most come with a cheap lock that goes through the grip and slide.
Question on Maryland law- Does the state require that you keep your firearms locked up in that order, or is it just that the firearm has to be sold with one?
You only need to keep guns locked up if someone under the age of 18 could easily access them. from Gifford's law center: Maryland law provides that a person “may not store or leave a loaded firearm in a location where the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised child would gain access to the firearm.” This section does not apply if: The child’s access is supervised by an individual age 18 or older; The child’s access was obtained as a result of unlawful entry; The firearm is in the possession or control of a law enforcement officer while the officer is engaged in official duties; or The child has a certificate of firearm and hunter safety.
Living in Maryland I bought my first pistol (Ruger Security 9 Compact) a couple of years ago and bought this lock to go with it, because as you said, it was on the state police approved list. After trying it out a few times to see how quick I could "ready" the pistol, I finally gave up. I kept it as a lock for long-term storage, but I haven't actually used it since. Besides the challenge of actually removing it expediently, it still looks like the gun is loaded and ready. At least with a cable lock, you see the gun is locked open or something else is weird with it. Would not recommend.
Watching that extractor being forced over the lip of that lock was like a kick in the nuts. THATS how you’ll eventually makes a gun unusable, forget the lock!
To me the Omega lock is intended not to be a security feature like a typical lock, but like an additional safety. To me, all the issues you talked about with the lock, while certainly not optimal, they didnt defeat or even particularly take away from the purpose of the Omega lock. The Omega lock would do great to ensure accidental discharges do not happen
If anyone is that at much risk of Negligent Discharge during everyday usage that they need a device of such questionable utility, then perhaps they should not be handling that firearm to begin with. Either the gun should be in a proper safe, or more qualified hands.
I have been watching your videos for over a year, never knew you were in MD. I’m from Bel Air. Fled to the south after SB-281 passed. Hope you get out from behind enemy lines one day. Bama has an odd number of MD refugees
Love seeing how people would think that bore locks are better then the ones that comes with the gun. The biggest problem that I have with that law is that you would need a lock for the different calibers of guns that you want to buy. But I love that I am not the only person that sees that it is not a good law.
Md resident here and was disappointed to learn that the shop where I bought my first pistol required the purchase of an omega barrel lock. No other shop I've bought from requires them but I always keep it on me when I'm checking out a new shop. They won't get me again.
@@MrMusicGuy1980 nah. I just assumed the point of having a gun is to use it when you must. Like a fire extinguisher. You probably have 1 fire in your house every 20 years or less. But if I have to look for a key and play with the lock when every second counts, I rather not lock it at all.
Loading a round like that can cause your extractor to fail. Especially for Glocks. Basically the extractor slams and catches the round, instead of being properly fed with a magazine and not slamming. Do it enough and you might find your extractor protruding and not working correctly. For M&P loading a round like this makes the gun fail often with no magazine in it. It will still work most the time, but its not good practice to do so.
Kinda shows how over regulation leads to ineffective solutions and potentially dangerous situations. Adds a fiddly tool you need to use to use a gun, which is bad in an emergency. "Protection for children" is the parents responsibility. Sets up an artificial monoply for the lock maker (I wonder if their company lobbies to keep that law). Absolute zero theft protection.
I'm pretty sure this is what they call "Malicious Compliance". The manufacturer and the police dept have to know that these things are about useless. but Maryland had to have its law so give them what they think they want and go home.
that lock should come in handy when someone breaks into your home. Hopefully the understanding criminal will wait for you to first stick the wrench in to unlock it so that you can have a fair stand off.
@@Rena152 not really, the dummy locking cartridge is seated jn the chamber, you might mess up a striker fired pistol's striker but a hammer fired pistol should be sturdy enough to just whack the slide against a table and pop it loose
i thought the only purpose of the device was to give extra time for an intruder to shoot you. Just like DC once had a law that said all firearms in a home must be stored disassembled.
So they tried to be clever using the 'reverse torx', but instead made it basically a hex bolt that is super easy to open. An 'issue' which is known to pretty much everyone working with hex and torx screws - you can use the bits interchangeably most of the time. Had they used a regular security torx, at least you would need the specific security torx bit to open it, and not a bic pen :) Then again, if they actually cared about it, they would use a custom tamper proof screws like the Bryce Key-Rex.
A real security screw would have been helpful with defeating the improvised attacks, but it doesn't quite address the fact that this really isn't a "lock "as we understand them.
Does it really matter though? As you've shown, most of the locks can be picked in under a minute, so they don't really provide much more security. It's all about making it impossible to just grab the gun and shoot it immediately or by accident. I would see a real custom security screw to be *more* secure than most of the locks, at least you can't pick it, and they don't give you false sense of security that no-one can access the gun unless they get *your* key. You know anyone with the bit can open it, and will take more care of your gun.
If there is more tension on the plug. You will be looking in the workshop for a fairly long torx joist screw that is longer than the barrel so you can handle it. Of course, strictly only if yours is the firearm.
It is not meant to secure the gun against people using it. It is a security mechanism to prevent laying a loaded gun with one in the chamber on your desk or something. It just should prevents accidents. In Germany we have similar laws, but not a locking mechanism, a red string should indicate the unloaded and secured gun.
6mm drive always is 1/4" and the smaller 4mm is 5/32". (Unless you count that an inch is defined as being exactly 25.4 mm). In metric countries they are listed as 6.35mm drive and 4mm (near enough that only a lawyer would argue about it). This comes from being defined in the USA.
This is not really intended to be a lock, more of a compliance device. The manufacturer probably intended it to be easy to remove yet pass Maryland DOJ standards. Easy to remove without ANY tools. For a Glock, Just field strip the gun pop the barrel off then beat it out with a stick. For an M&P push up on the extractor to release the slide field strip the gun then remove the barrel and beat it out with a stick. Same procedure for removing stuck cases.
In Michigan, a lock has to be sold with a handgun, but it’s on the dealer to provide the lock. I’m sure, however, that the cost of the lock is factored into the price of the firearm.
@@blahblah8037 a lot of gun companies are including a lock with the gun as part of the package. And then there's the Democratic People's Republic of Kalifornia, where the gun seller has to throw away the nice sig lock and replace it with one named on the law.
No. It was designed by Larry Ross after his kid's friend blew his head off with his dad's 45, right in front of Larry's son. All the kids from that era, here in Pine Cove California, tested every lock Larry could find, then he fasted and meditated for 3 days, and produced what you see, the model you see is not the newest either... Larry is a perfectionist that way. :)
@Hunter fishman Not Austin shot, I cant remember the name of the kid who got shot while Austin was sitting next to him. I am Jamie Statrkey's stepdad. Bottom of Manzanita in pine Cove.
I'd imagine pressing the rear of the extractor to pull the front 'lip' out of contact with the Omega's rim would allow you to open the action, and get at the device from the rear, also.
ArmchairWarrior yes it is needed dumbass. Just look at Virginia right now. The governor proposes sending in the national guard to enforce gun laws in response to many police agencies declaring themselves sanctuaries. Also, guns are the best self defense tool there is. It allows an elderly woman to effectively defend herself from a 200 lbs attacker and so on. Also, there are on average 500,000 to 2 million (edit: its actually 3 million) defensive uses of guns a YEAR according to the CDC. The cdc states guns are use to deter or to stop crime more than they are used for crime in the US. And you also bluntly ignore the fact that over half of all gun deaths are suicides, i.e. those deaths are not gun violence. And that most gun homicides are gang related. Also, a lot of gun crime in general is concentrated in a few a major cities, like L.A. Detroit, St. Louis, and Chicago. It’s also funny that you ignore the fact that a lot of major cities with high crime rates happen to also have very strict gun control. It should also be noted that overall violent crime is declining. Gun murders are lower than they were in the 70s too. Also, quit being a disingenuous prick, why do murders via firearm matter so much specifically? You damn well know you can’t just look at one type of murder with one specific tool and just claim there is some problem. London has more stabbings than Chicago, but that doesn’t mean I need to tell people from England that they “need to join the rest of the first world countries” just because they have a high stabbing rate.
@@C3Corvette1982 This is why the US needs decent gun laws. They pass a few sensible gun laws and what do the gun nuts do? Blatantly accept complete misinformation. Nobody is coming for your guns, jfc. And no, guns are no the best self defense tool. You're !!! 100 !!! times more likely to abuse a gun than to use it for self defense. And seriously, the 500k - 2M DGU a year myth? Still?! You're not even using the 3.5M it was later magically raised to by the gun nut community. This study was debunked back in the 90s, why are idiots still spewing this all over the internet? Here's were that number came from. Someone called a few random people in conservative areas in the US, a sample base of only 5000, and asked them if they owned a gun for self defense, that's it. That was the whole study. They then claimed owning a gun for self defense means 1 DGU a year, and extrapolated that to the 300+ million people that lived in the US at the time. It wasn't claimed by the CDC either. Also just think what that means. The US is by far the most violent developed country in the world, with the highest deaths and crime rates. What you're essentially suggesting is that there'd be at least twice as much crime and death than there already would be, if it wasn't for guns. Truly truly, what a f-in moron you must be to believe this. If guns are such great deterrents, the US aught to be a f-in utopia, not the violent shithole it is today... You truly are among the dumbest people in the developed world right now. Don't get depressed any time soon.
I'm glad I live in Virginia where I don't have to lock my guns like this or anyway similar. Before anyone comments, I keep my rifles unloaded and the magazines are hidden and out of reach and spare ammo locked up.
Seems like the biggest advantage to this is that the gun, outwardly, does not appear locked. If the lock type weren't so common then that discretion would be a great advantage. As it stands, if so many people have them it's hardly useful, especially if every "key" works to every other lock.
I know this video is 2+ years old and I'm late to the party, but the bigger issue I have with a lock of this type is that you're required to stick something down the barrel of the gun to remove it. However, while it's installed, a user cannot check to ensure that there isn't a cartridge in the gun. What if you thought it was "locked", but actually all you had was a sticky (loaded) cartridge? This seems like a design flaw that makes it impossible to safely use this lock.
Yeah, that's an even bigger issue than the failtastic lack of security of this lock-shaped object. A locking chamber flag, like a basic cable lock, is far more safe to use.
Yes, the Omega Gun Lock is not intended to be Fort Knox level security. It seems to me that it is intended to frustrate thieves who are not familiar with this style of lock, and I think it succeeds at that task. Yes, it won't really stop a curious teenager, but I don't think the manufacturer expects that level of security.
i think an improvement would be a flathead on the tip instead, and the wrench/key have a flathead slot perfectly sized for it (basically the key and the head barely fit in the barrel, and the entire head has to be gripped by the wrench slot in order to turn)
Damn your eyes. That was my last ace in the hole as far as gun security goes. I'll give you an even bigger disappointment as far as Omega locks go, (I have several and in their way they are decent enough). The biggest problem with these lock is the gun immediately becomes something that if you hold it in the wrong area gets you shot double quick. At least a craptacular trigger lock gives the kid holding it half a chance to be noticed by a cop or permit holder before they shoot him/her. Also the revolver model uses a plastic that breaks down and fails when exposed to gun oil.
Both the 3sec and this one are ok as long as most kids aren’t that mechanically inclined today as they were 20-30 years ago. I grew up in a very mechanically oriented household so it would be easy for me. Most kids today don’t know how to open a can of beans. From watching the LPL videos I’ve come to believe that there are NO secure locks. Lock are for keeping the dense and inept from accessing things not the intelligent people.
Haha so much can be done with a standard bic pen. My favorite thing is that a chemical in the ink is similar to a termite pheromone, so if you draw a line with it, termites will follow the line.
@@richardlooch2109 yeah lol, I didn’t think about that. Maybe it is not such a good thing then.I learned about it as an experiment we did at a nerdy summer camp I went to as a kid.
With this standard 6 mm wrench LOL fucking such a great lock it can be opened with any multi-bit screwdriver extender you can find at basically any bigger store, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, Target, etc. In addition to a pen that is very very commonly given away as an advertisement at pretty much any place using pens as an advertisement or sold for pennies each by anyone making them.
For some reason it terrifies me to even think a calm, smart dude like him has so many guns at his disposal, i know its common in the states but here in Argentina most ppl dont even see a gun in person in their entire lives.
Just a guess, but I bet you could just apply pressure the read end of the extractor enough for it to disengage the dummy cartridge and pull the slide back. I could this giving you enough access to the locking mechanism to disengage it.
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LPL owns so many firearms with threaded barrels that you really have to wonder if the lawyer part might just be a cover story.
Mob lawyer is an option.
You have to be a lawyer to go through all the bullshit NFA paperwork
I thought most firearms had threaded barrels in general.
@@aryanghuman31 on rifles it is more common but it is still special for most handguns.
@@aryanghuman31 what? this is not even close to the truth at all..
A pen unlocked that
- Omega lock
- Nintendo sercuity screw
Alex Mc what?
@@Necroticss many people used a Pen to make a makeshift Nintendo Security Screwdriver, they heated them and "punched" it down so it formed a Negative of the screw and used that to unscrew the screw
@@weberman173 i remember doing this to replace a save battery in my copy of pokemon crystal
Yup. I was going to suggest myself (because of the makeshift gamebit driver trick), but he clearly needed to change the battery in his Zelda cart in a pinch at some point, so of course he already knows lol
@@weberman173 nice but you can get the tip in a 200 piece 6 dollar kit from harbor freight
Lmao the pen piece secured the gun more than the actual lock did.
Unsecured maybe ?
I'm guessing Omega's Board of Directors might have made a campaign donation.
They had very well founded arguments.
@@zx1206 funded*
That's how the system works so yeah probably
Yeah, those deep blue states are run by organized crime.
From my understanding of gun locks, they are four levels of protection: accidental discharge, curious kid, curious teen, and professional thief.
I'd rate this one curious kid, or curious stupid teen. if you haven't seen the device inside the gun that won't open, you'll need some relatively good googling skills to find out what's going on.
Accidental/ Negligent discharge is the easiest one.
"Keep your booger hook off the bang switch."
Problem solved, problem staying solved.
First gun I ever bought was a 1911a1 with a lock on the back strap of the pistol. It could be defeated by a couple of thumb tacks, a paper clip, a staple, or a bit from a $5 harbor freight "security" bit driver set. It was literally worse than useless, since it provided a false sense of security.
@@jackstecker5796 Are you referring to the beavertail grip safety? That's the only "back strap" device I know of. I have no idea what a built in lock would look like on the 1911.
Ive seen like 7 guns in his videos, we need to see a gun and lock collection video
@America why not. there is zero reason to not by a gun with a threaded barrel. it just allows you to put a muzzle attachment. which isn't a big deal. ohh boy i dont blow my ear drums out with a single shot indoors due to my suppressor. or ohh boy the recoil is slightly less due to a muzzle break
Anzu Wyliei that happened
@Anzu Wyliei uh huh
Anzu Wyliei I’d rather just have police come to tell him to stop. I wouldn’t pay a dime for that prick.
@@darkstar6923 Never call the police for petty nonsense.
"Oh hey this doesn't look too bad, at least it fulfills the requirements for-"
"... a standard Bic pen..."
"Oh for **** sake."
the deep breath you took before the video really showed how you feel about this lock
Also, if you’re about to buy a gun in the state ask the seller to show how the lock works and then bet them $50 that you can open it without the wrench, then ask if you can borrow a pen🤣🤣🤣
If he says no, you owe him 50 bucks.
Bet them the cost of the gun. Bring your own pen.
Calling this a "lock" is pretty far fetched. It doesn't lock anything. This is like calling a screw a lock.
Oddly, it reminds me of the obscure warded locks that were common hundreds of years ago, insofar as the mechanism is easy to release, just hard to reach.
@Jackie Tearie There might be exeptions, but usually you woudn't be able to take a gun apart if the barrel is locked to the slide.
*aggressively screws front door shut* I'm not sure what you mean
@@aSliceOfChoccyMilk post bumper
@Jackie Tearie Erwin is correct. Typically the slide is removed by racking it, unlocking it, then sliding it forward off of the frame
When the lock was shown, I immediately guessed a BIC pen. Because I've used BIC pens to take apart Nintendo consoles.
Time for a firearms collection video! I'm guessing by the threaded barrels I've seen that LPL has some NFA toys!
Really enjoying your current gun lock series, LPL. I haven't ever bothered with individual gun locks; I have a very low quality gun safe that all of my guns (except my home defense weapons) are kept to keep them out of the reach of the neighborhood children. It certainly isn't any sort of effective theft protection, but it serves its purpose. I've always wondered exactly how much protection the locks that are included with new firearms provide (as well as the various after market solutions as shown in this video). My reloading room has a deadbolt lock on it, and the safe is inside the reloading room. Again, near zero theft protection, but it keeps the little ones out of harm's way.
Gun safes are the way to go. Some of the low quality ones can be slightly improved by upgrading the cam locks, or welding hasps to them and using a good padlock... but you really need to spend quite a bit before the safe is resistant to prying attacks, so replacing the locks will only get you so far.
@@lockpickinglawyer What if you welded a hasp on ever edge and used 4 padlocks? That'd offer a lot of resistance to prying attacks.
I have a feeling that most of these locks are probably purchased simply to satisfy the silly state requirement with no intention of them actually serving a security or maybe even a safety purpose. Is the law in Maryland such that this internal locking device only needs to be present at the time of sale or do you have to store that way too?
My home state of Illinois also has a silly law about new guns being sold with locks. I have a bin of unused locks and my firearms are in safes. At least Maryland hasn't gotten so silly as to ban suppressors, like Illinois. Noticed that your .45s have thread protectors...
It just has to be present at sale. As such, some Marylanders loan locks between each other for pickup. As for Illinois... well, you know.
madcow3007 I would like to know how much $ is wasted in a years time due to that bullshit law! There are a couple dealers & ranges around my way that have "Free Locks, Take As Many As You Can Carry" bins on their counters just because of that shit
I also live in Maryland and they are becoming like California every year. The laws they make pertaining to handguns are not going to stop the Maryland gang bangers from robbing, stealing, and obtaining guns from other places.
I completely agree that the law requiring a lock be sold with the gun is ridiculous but for what real reason do you need a suppressor?
@@bwood6337 suppress the sound to a safe decibel level obviously suppressors don't quiet the gun a lot it's just enough to where it's not deafeningly loud
Would any of these "down the barrel" type of locks end up scratching the barrel, damaing the rifling or otherwise having a detrimental effect on the functioning of the firearm?
Also, are all these guns your own personal ones?
They can scratch the barrel, but most use materials that are softer than the barrel steel. The real issue in impacts on the crown of the barrel. That can seriously mess up accuracy. And yes, all the guns are mine.
@@lockpickinglawyer nice guns
Although it could still scratch it, it's not going to touch the rifling. Since the lock only is long enough to fill up the firing chamber. However, you scratch your firing chamber enough., you will fire form the case into the scratches. Therefore causing malfunctions, such as failure to eject and or stove piping. But if it was me, I'd never use it in just buy a safe. That's extra valuable seconds you could be wasting removing it.
They can very much scratch the crown on your gun, which is one reason I don't like them.
Also, with a *1911,* inserting the lock as seen in the video, basically just dropping it into the chamber through the ejection port, then closing the action, is ill advised, as 1911 extractors don't like it when you snap it over the rim like that, it applies a bad leverage which can make the extractor break.
This is 1911 'etiquette' in general though, you shouldn't do this with live cartridges or snapcaps either. Load only through the magazine.
Thank god that law prevents me from accessing my weapon in the event of an emergency with ease
@@KingKharibda nice
Kharibda amazing
showing off some nice guns
:-D
I once had an airsoft replica of that gun. I never knew how faithful it was until I just saw the real thing! I mean down to that little hole above the trigger guard and the exact same texturing on the handle. I‘m stunned...they must have used the same mould or something.
They, the Chinese, just made molds from the real thing. They can copy most anything, but a toy that faithfully copies a real gun is extremely dangerous.
Great series on firearm locks brother,love seeing all the different types of locks for this application. It's crazy that a empty pen was the tool
for the job,that's frankly unforgivable. Great review !
I’m from MD, left in 2017. You don’t need to use the lock, it’s just required to have one when you make a purchase. Most come with a cheap lock that goes through the grip and slide.
I actually own one of these and carry the wrench on my belt at all times for security. Thank you for doing these videos, especially this one.
Possession of lock picking tools is illegal in most states. A BIC pen now qualifies! LOL
Question on Maryland law- Does the state require that you keep your firearms locked up in that order, or is it just that the firearm has to be sold with one?
You only need to keep guns locked up if someone under the age of 18 could easily access them.
from Gifford's law center:
Maryland law provides that a person “may not store or leave a loaded firearm in a location where the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised child would gain access to the firearm.” This section does not apply if:
The child’s access is supervised by an individual age 18 or older;
The child’s access was obtained as a result of unlawful entry;
The firearm is in the possession or control of a law enforcement officer while the officer is engaged in official duties; or
The child has a certificate of firearm and hunter safety.
@@John_2143 that doesnt seem very safe :/
@@John_2143 politicans, woo! Intentionally vague so that there are loopholes!
Living in Maryland I bought my first pistol (Ruger Security 9 Compact) a couple of years ago and bought this lock to go with it, because as you said, it was on the state police approved list. After trying it out a few times to see how quick I could "ready" the pistol, I finally gave up. I kept it as a lock for long-term storage, but I haven't actually used it since. Besides the challenge of actually removing it expediently, it still looks like the gun is loaded and ready. At least with a cable lock, you see the gun is locked open or something else is weird with it. Would not recommend.
Oh man you live in Maryland too, gives me a WHOLE new perspective of your reviews on gun locks
Watching that extractor being forced over the lip of that lock was like a kick in the nuts. THATS how you’ll eventually makes a gun unusable, forget the lock!
When he puts the word picked in quotes, you know that’s a bad sign
everyone gangsta till you hear your kid mumbling "one is loose, click out of two... "
Eyes get wide when you hear, "that one...definitely felt the core move"
To me the Omega lock is intended not to be a security feature like a typical lock, but like an additional safety. To me, all the issues you talked about with the lock, while certainly not optimal, they didnt defeat or even particularly take away from the purpose of the Omega lock. The Omega lock would do great to ensure accidental discharges do not happen
If anyone is that at much risk of Negligent Discharge during everyday usage that they need a device of such questionable utility, then perhaps they should not be handling that firearm to begin with.
Either the gun should be in a proper safe, or more qualified hands.
I liked learning some Maryland gun legislation at the beginning of the video. I'm looking forward to purchasing my first handgun.
It will do two things :
1) Keep your kids from accidently firing it.
2) Keep YOU from using the gun when you ABSOLUTELY need it urgently.
I hope people know these should only be used on guns not meant for self defense or guns that would be in storage
@@Adam-de8jm I don't think these should be used period... they're pointless
@@PeferG17 keeps kids from shooting it on accident
@@gabe6475 I don't have kids so like I said, pointless.
PeferG17 hey peter then maybe you aren’t the target audience? lol they aren’t pointless. it’s meant to stop children.
I never thought watching locks get picked would be so much fun. I didn't know he was from Maryland. I've lived there all my life. ..
I have been watching your videos for over a year, never knew you were in MD. I’m from Bel Air. Fled to the south after SB-281 passed. Hope you get out from behind enemy lines one day. Bama has an odd number of MD refugees
"This is the LockPickingLawyer and today I will be showing you how to open a high security bank vault"
Banks: ....Shit.
Love seeing how people would think that bore locks are better then the ones that comes with the gun. The biggest problem that I have with that law is that you would need a lock for the different calibers of guns that you want to buy. But I love that I am not the only person that sees that it is not a good law.
Once again, the pen is mightier than the sword... or, well, the gun lock in this case
Inverted (external) torx bits are usually E coded. So a normal torx driver is t25 for example, the external equivalent would be a E25
Md resident here and was disappointed to learn that the shop where I bought my first pistol required the purchase of an omega barrel lock. No other shop I've bought from requires them but I always keep it on me when I'm checking out a new shop. They won't get me again.
Imagine walking into your room and you see your kid with a lock pick and here him mumbling “3 is binding... click out of 3... 4 is binding...”
i like to listen to these videos when im going to sleep!
So if I get attacked I need 30 seconds to 'unlock' my gun. Genius law.
Don't worry, the criminal will wait
You live somewhere where you get attacked often?
@@MrMusicGuy1980 nah. I just assumed the point of having a gun is to use it when you must. Like a fire extinguisher. You probably have 1 fire in your house every 20 years or less. But if I have to look for a key and play with the lock when every second counts, I rather not lock it at all.
@@MrMusicGuy1980 Locking my gun up is the same as locking my EpiPen up. By the time I have access to it, I could be dead.
Well then just don't get a gun, it's more of a security hazard than anything else
5:38 "nice click out of 1, so is 2....."
Loading a round like that can cause your extractor to fail. Especially for Glocks. Basically the extractor slams and catches the round, instead of being properly fed with a magazine and not slamming. Do it enough and you might find your extractor protruding and not working correctly. For M&P loading a round like this makes the gun fail often with no magazine in it. It will still work most the time, but its not good practice to do so.
Really depends on the pistol in question. It's VERY bad to do this with a 1911
this man has good taste in guns
The Bic pen, the enemy of security screws everywhere.
You are basically the Bob Ross of picking locks
the Bill Alexander
Whoa whoa whoa... LPL is from Maryland?! WOOOHOOO!!!
Seems more effective than the internal Ruger hex key lock which is obviously only there to satisfy such laws.
lock picking lawyer really keep that heater on him 😤
Kinda shows how over regulation leads to ineffective solutions and potentially dangerous situations.
Adds a fiddly tool you need to use to use a gun, which is bad in an emergency. "Protection for children" is the parents responsibility. Sets up an artificial monoply for the lock maker (I wonder if their company lobbies to keep that law). Absolute zero theft protection.
Can I just say, that is a lovely gun.
I'm pretty sure this is what they call "Malicious Compliance". The manufacturer and the police dept have to know that these things are about useless. but Maryland had to have its law so give them what they think they want and go home.
They invented a lock that requires the user to muzzle their hand with a an object deliberately shaped like a cartridge in the chamber. Solid idea.
*Facepalm* Another gun "expert".....
that lock should come in handy when someone breaks into your home. Hopefully the understanding criminal will wait for you to first stick the wrench in to unlock it so that you can have a fair stand off.
Isn't this just a friction fit?
Can't you just slam the slide against your desk to forcibly eject the cartridge?
I mean...yeah, just whack it against a slide a couple times and theoretically you should pop the sucker right out, might fuck up the finish though.
Maybe... I don't know much about gun internals but I guess it could also damage the internals a bit
@@Rena152 not really, the dummy locking cartridge is seated jn the chamber, you might mess up a striker fired pistol's striker but a hammer fired pistol should be sturdy enough to just whack the slide against a table and pop it loose
@@Rena152 of course like...don't whack say, an antique pistol but you should be fine
wouldn't whacking the slide with this thing in run the risk of fucking up the extractor?
So this lock stops a lot of people from self defence, but not crooks...
yay for government.
i thought the only purpose of the device was to give extra time for an intruder to shoot you. Just like DC once had a law that said all firearms in a home must be stored disassembled.
DC is... well... special.
Hence the name, DC - short for "District of Confusion" (I live there, regrettably)
Sounds like a law no one would every abide by.
Another nice S&W Performance Center gun.
I wish they still made metal semi autos.
So they tried to be clever using the 'reverse torx', but instead made it basically a hex bolt that is super easy to open.
An 'issue' which is known to pretty much everyone working with hex and torx screws - you can use the bits interchangeably most of the time.
Had they used a regular security torx, at least you would need the specific security torx bit to open it, and not a bic pen :)
Then again, if they actually cared about it, they would use a custom tamper proof screws like the Bryce Key-Rex.
A real security screw would have been helpful with defeating the improvised attacks, but it doesn't quite address the fact that this really isn't a "lock "as we understand them.
Does it really matter though? As you've shown, most of the locks can be picked in under a minute, so they don't really provide much more security. It's all about making it impossible to just grab the gun and shoot it immediately or by accident.
I would see a real custom security screw to be *more* secure than most of the locks, at least you can't pick it, and they don't give you false sense of security that no-one can access the gun unless they get *your* key. You know anyone with the bit can open it, and will take more care of your gun.
If there is more tension on the plug. You will be looking in the workshop for a fairly long torx joist screw that is longer than the barrel so you can handle it. Of course, strictly only if yours is the firearm.
5:58 "Uh oh." LOL
My brother !! Love you collection. Lol
It is not meant to secure the gun against people using it. It is a security mechanism to prevent laying a loaded gun with one in the chamber on your desk or something. It just should prevents accidents. In Germany we have similar laws, but not a locking mechanism, a red string should indicate the unloaded and secured gun.
Ah yes, a bic pen, a locksmiths unlamate secret weapon, also good for guns.
*gets mugged*
"Hold on let me unlock my gun real quick"
LPL: that's a miniature 4mm hex drive. 6mm (quarter inch, really) is the more common larger size used in common consumer tools & drills.
6mm drive always is 1/4" and the smaller 4mm is 5/32". (Unless you count that an inch is defined as being exactly 25.4 mm). In metric countries they are listed as 6.35mm drive and 4mm (near enough that only a lawyer would argue about it). This comes from being defined in the USA.
This is they guy you come to when you need to break into something
You live in Maryland? Hell yeah!!!!
He dont buy the locks for the guns.
He buys the guns for the locks
This is not really intended to be a lock, more of a compliance device. The manufacturer probably intended it to be easy to remove yet pass Maryland DOJ standards. Easy to remove without ANY tools. For a Glock, Just field strip the gun pop the barrel off then beat it out with a stick. For an M&P push up on the extractor to release the slide field strip the gun then remove the barrel and beat it out with a stick. Same procedure for removing stuck cases.
In Michigan, a lock has to be sold with a handgun, but it’s on the dealer to provide the lock. I’m sure, however, that the cost of the lock is factored into the price of the firearm.
Isaac Bear every firearm I’ve ever purchased came with a lock. No laws though.
@@blahblah8037 a lot of gun companies are including a lock with the gun as part of the package. And then there's the Democratic People's Republic of Kalifornia, where the gun seller has to throw away the nice sig lock and replace it with one named on the law.
Scott Kenny i see; good info.
People republic of China/California.
The initials remain the same if you use a C. Just caught my eye using the K 😆😆
Was the Omega Lock not designed by Masterlock?
You would think so, but no. LOL.
No. It was designed by Larry Ross after his kid's friend blew his head off with his dad's 45, right in front of Larry's son. All the kids from that era, here in Pine Cove California, tested every lock Larry could find, then he fasted and meditated for 3 days, and produced what you see, the model you see is not the newest either... Larry is a perfectionist that way. :)
@Hunter fishman Not Austin shot, I cant remember the name of the kid who got shot while Austin was sitting next to him. I am Jamie Statrkey's stepdad. Bottom of Manzanita in pine Cove.
@Hunter fishman :)
I'd imagine pressing the rear of the extractor to pull the front 'lip' out of contact with the Omega's rim would allow you to open the action, and get at the device from the rear, also.
Maryland: the constitution is more like guidelines...
Try having your own military eh to fight your own battles eh? Stupid Canadians more of a second world country
ArmchairWarrior yes it is needed dumbass. Just look at Virginia right now. The governor proposes sending in the national guard to enforce gun laws in response to many police agencies declaring themselves sanctuaries. Also, guns are the best self defense tool there is. It allows an elderly woman to effectively defend herself from a 200 lbs attacker and so on. Also, there are on average 500,000 to 2 million (edit: its actually 3 million) defensive uses of guns a YEAR according to the CDC. The cdc states guns are use to deter or to stop crime more than they are used for crime in the US. And you also bluntly ignore the fact that over half of all gun deaths are suicides, i.e. those deaths are not gun violence. And that most gun homicides are gang related. Also, a lot of gun crime in general is concentrated in a few a major cities, like L.A. Detroit, St. Louis, and Chicago. It’s also funny that you ignore the fact that a lot of major cities with high crime rates happen to also have very strict gun control. It should also be noted that overall violent crime is declining. Gun murders are lower than they were in the 70s too. Also, quit being a disingenuous prick, why do murders via firearm matter so much specifically? You damn well know you can’t just look at one type of murder with one specific tool and just claim there is some problem. London has more stabbings than Chicago, but that doesn’t mean I need to tell people from England that they “need to join the rest of the first world countries” just because they have a high stabbing rate.
@@C3Corvette1982 you've just spent half an hour trying to reason with a bait comment from an account named ArmchairWarrior
please be patient i have autism
If it takes you a half hour to type something like that, I feel really sad for you.
@@C3Corvette1982 This is why the US needs decent gun laws. They pass a few sensible gun laws and what do the gun nuts do? Blatantly accept complete misinformation. Nobody is coming for your guns, jfc.
And no, guns are no the best self defense tool. You're !!! 100 !!! times more likely to abuse a gun than to use it for self defense.
And seriously, the 500k - 2M DGU a year myth? Still?! You're not even using the 3.5M it was later magically raised to by the gun nut community. This study was debunked back in the 90s, why are idiots still spewing this all over the internet?
Here's were that number came from. Someone called a few random people in conservative areas in the US, a sample base of only 5000, and asked them if they owned a gun for self defense, that's it. That was the whole study. They then claimed owning a gun for self defense means 1 DGU a year, and extrapolated that to the 300+ million people that lived in the US at the time. It wasn't claimed by the CDC either.
Also just think what that means. The US is by far the most violent developed country in the world, with the highest deaths and crime rates. What you're essentially suggesting is that there'd be at least twice as much crime and death than there already would be, if it wasn't for guns. Truly truly, what a f-in moron you must be to believe this.
If guns are such great deterrents, the US aught to be a f-in utopia, not the violent shithole it is today... You truly are among the dumbest people in the developed world right now. Don't get depressed any time soon.
I'm glad I live in Virginia where I don't have to lock my guns like this or anyway similar. Before anyone comments, I keep my rifles unloaded and the magazines are hidden and out of reach and spare ammo locked up.
This is the LockPickingLawyer!
You live in Maryland! Well Hello from a fellow person in Maryland.
Seems like the biggest advantage to this is that the gun, outwardly, does not appear locked. If the lock type weren't so common then that discretion would be a great advantage. As it stands, if so many people have them it's hardly useful, especially if every "key" works to every other lock.
I know this video is 2+ years old and I'm late to the party, but the bigger issue I have with a lock of this type is that you're required to stick something down the barrel of the gun to remove it. However, while it's installed, a user cannot check to ensure that there isn't a cartridge in the gun. What if you thought it was "locked", but actually all you had was a sticky (loaded) cartridge? This seems like a design flaw that makes it impossible to safely use this lock.
Yeah, that's an even bigger issue than the failtastic lack of security of this lock-shaped object.
A locking chamber flag, like a basic cable lock, is far more safe to use.
Yes, the Omega Gun Lock is not intended to be Fort Knox level security. It seems to me that it is intended to frustrate thieves who are not familiar with this style of lock, and I think it succeeds at that task. Yes, it won't really stop a curious teenager, but I don't think the manufacturer expects that level of security.
i think an improvement would be a flathead on the tip instead, and the wrench/key have a flathead slot perfectly sized for it (basically the key and the head barely fit in the barrel, and the entire head has to be gripped by the wrench slot in order to turn)
Ayeee Maryland gang. Been watching for so long and I never knew that
Damn your eyes. That was my last ace in the hole as far as gun security goes. I'll give you an even bigger disappointment as far as Omega locks go, (I have several and in their way they are decent enough). The biggest problem with these lock is the gun immediately becomes something that if you hold it in the wrong area gets you shot double quick. At least a craptacular trigger lock gives the kid holding it half a chance to be noticed by a cop or permit holder before they shoot him/her. Also the revolver model uses a plastic that breaks down and fails when exposed to gun oil.
I didn't know that about the revolver model... I have one of them inbound now.
I was hoping you'd grab a pen. Almost cheered when you did.
Both the 3sec and this one are ok as long as most kids aren’t that mechanically inclined today as they were 20-30 years ago. I grew up in a very mechanically oriented household so it would be easy for me. Most kids today don’t know how to open a can of beans. From watching the LPL videos I’ve come to believe that there are NO secure locks. Lock are for keeping the dense and inept from accessing things not the intelligent people.
Haha so much can be done with a standard bic pen. My favorite thing is that a chemical in the ink is similar to a termite pheromone, so if you draw a line with it, termites will follow the line.
@@richardlooch2109 yeah lol, I didn’t think about that. Maybe it is not such a good thing then.I learned about it as an experiment we did at a nerdy summer camp I went to as a kid.
5:57 damn i was about to call 911 for a sec there...
my dad was an ffl in Maryland and we sold these with every handgun
Lol I wonder how many lock companies have seen these videos. They should offer you a contract or something to test their locks.
With this standard 6 mm wrench LOL fucking such a great lock it can be opened with any multi-bit screwdriver extender you can find at basically any bigger store, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, Target, etc.
In addition to a pen that is very very commonly given away as an advertisement at pretty much any place using pens as an advertisement or sold for pennies each by anyone making them.
This is actually a gun channel
Bic Biro, best 99 cent lock picking tool ever made
a bic pen nice lol
+wayne couch Yeah, it's a bit disappointing.
For some reason it terrifies me to even think a calm, smart dude like him has so many guns at his disposal, i know its common in the states but here in Argentina most ppl dont even see a gun in person in their entire lives.
Just a guess, but I bet you could just apply pressure the read end of the extractor enough for it to disengage the dummy cartridge and pull the slide back. I could this giving you enough access to the locking mechanism to disengage it.
As soon as he said it was a more common item i knew it was gonna be a goddamn Bic pen
lockpickinglawyer:"a curious teenager"
me (14): crap they found me, quick hide the shotgun
Haha, I was thinking a pen as well. That's terrible.
I must say I'm flattered at the credit hes giving us teenagers
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
"female torx" is a torx screw. There are also torx sockets availabe.
Great way to break an extractor