US Patent Issued on Oct. 7 for "Methods, devices, and systems for facilitating firearms safety" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,936, issued on Oct. 7.

"Methods, devices, and systems for facilitating firearms safety" was invented by Betty Carol Brooks-Mallory (Pembroke Pines, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for facilitating firearms safety are provided. A multi-factor authentication is performed to verify an identity of a user trying to access a secure firearm. Presence of a user contact with the secure firearm is detected, the secure firearm being in a locked state. Upon detecting the presence of the user contact with the firearm, the user is prompted to enter a passcode via a keypad on the secure firearm. Also, a biometric at...