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A personalized safety device for a hand held weapon for preventing unauthorized use of a hand held weapon having a trigger. The personalized safety device for a hand held weapon includes a housing which is coupled to a weapon such that the housing is positioned in front of the handgrip and trigger o

A personalized safety device for a hand held weapon for preventing unauthorized use of a hand held weapon having a trigger. The personalized safety device for a hand held weapon includes a housing which is coupled to a weapon such that the housing is positioned in front of the handgrip and trigger of the weapon. A pair of elongate guard plates outwardly extend from a pair of elongate slots in the back of the housing. A motor is disposed in the housing for extending and the retracting the guard plates from the housing. A computer is provided for controlling the retraction and extension of the guard plates by the motor. A scanner is mounted to the handgrip of the weapon and is in communication with the computer. The scanner obtains an image of the fingerprints and handprint of the user grasping the handgrip. If the scanned image matches data stored in the computer corresponding to the fingerprints and handprint of an authorized user, the computer activates the motor to retract the guard plates.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A safety system for a weapon, comprising:a weapon having a handgrip, a trigger forwardly located from said handgrip;a housing having a top, a bottom, a front, a back and a pair of sides;said top of said housing being coupled to said weapon such that said housing is posi

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A safety system for a weapon, comprising:a weapon having a handgrip, a trigger forwardly located from said handgrip;a housing having a top, a bottom, a front, a back and a pair of sides;said top of said housing being coupled to said weapon such that said housing is positioned in front of said handgrip;said back of said housing having a spaced apart pair of substantially parallel elongate slots therein;a pair of elongate guard plates, a first of said guard plates being slidably inserted into a first of said elongate slots a second of said guard plates being slidably inserted into a second of said elongate slots;said first and second guard plates being slidable between extended and retracted positions;wherein said guard plates are rearwardly extended from said back of said housing to substantially cover said trigger when said guard plates are positioned in said extended position to prevent a user's finger from being extendable in front of said trigger;wherein said guard plates are extended into said back of said housing to uncover said trigger when said guard plates are positioned in said retracted position to permit a user's finger to be positioned in front of said trigger;a motor for moving said guard plates between said extended and retracted positions;a computer being provided in said housing and in electrical communication with said motor;said housing including a communication port in electrical communication with said computer, said communication port being adapted for electrically connecting to an external computer for permitting input into said computer input data corresponding to an image of a particular user's fingerprints and handprints;a scanner being mounted to said handgrip of said weapon and in electrical communication with said computer for obtaining an image of the fingerprints and handprints of a user grasping said handgrip and sending a corresponding signal to said computer corresponding to the obtained image;said computer comparing said corresponding signal received from said scanner with said input data wherein said computer activating said motor to move said guard panels to said retracted position when said corresponding signal matches said input data;a motion detector for detecting motion being disposed in said housing, motion detector being electrically connected to said computer, said motion detector having an activation switch electrically connected to said computer said motion detector activating said switch to activate said computer upon detection of motion of said housing by said motion detector.