ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,094, issued on May 13.
"Firearm security device" was invented by Joseph White (Richmond, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm security device removably connected to at least a portion of a firearm, the firearm security device including a biometric sensor to scan a physical characteristic of a user and send biometric data therefrom, a control unit running a program thereon and connected to the biometric sensor to compare the biometric data received from the biometric sensor to user data to determine whether the user is an authorized user of the firearm, and a locking pin disposed on a trigger bar of the firearm and connected t...