ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,941, issued on May 20, was assigned to Go Safe Technology Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"Locking magazine" was invented by Matthew P. Dulude (Granby, Conn.) and Michael D. Bush (Somers, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magazine is provided for a firearm. The magazine comprises a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a user interface adapted to enable a user to select between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. The locking mechanism has a rotor movable between a first rotational position when the locking mechanism is in the locked condition and a second rotational position when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked...