Firearm Safety Device Remote Jamming Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods are inadequate for quickly and safely disabling an individual perpetrating a mass shooting, as shooters often hide or use hostages, leading to delayed responses and preventable deaths.
Innovation Solution
A remotely activated safety device is integrated into firearms, comprising a communications module, activation module, power source, chamber housing, and detonator, which liquefies a metal substance to jam the firearm upon activation, preventing its use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If law enforcement engages the shooter directly, then the shooter can be disarmed, but the response time is delayed and additional deaths occur
Solution Approach 1:
The safety device is pre-installed in the firearm with all necessary components (detonator, substance container, activation module) ready before any incident occurs. When activation is needed, the system can immediately disable the firearm without requiring law enforcement to physically approach or engage the shooter first, thus reducing response time and preventing additional deaths.
2Ease of operation
If hostages overcome the shooter, then the shooter can be disarmed, but the method is dangerous and often unsuccessful
Solution Approach 1:
The safety device acts as an intermediary between law enforcement and the shooter. Instead of requiring hostages or law enforcement to directly engage with the shooter in a dangerous situation, the remote activation system allows disabling of the firearm from a safe distance, eliminating the need for direct physical confrontation while still achieving the goal of disarming the shooter.
3Speed
If the safety device uses a detonator and substance to jam the firearm, then the firearm can be quickly disabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and separates the critical disabling function into a dedicated safety device module that can be independently activated. By removing the detonator, substance container, and activation electronics from the main firearm structure and placing them in a separate removable unit, the system achieves quick disabling capability while keeping the overall device complexity manageable and allowable for field deployment.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables law enforcement to remotely disable firearms from a safe distance, reducing the risk of further harm during mass shooting events and other unlawful uses.
Implementation Method 1
a detonator at least partially contained within the chamber housing, the detonator being operative to heat the substance to a temperature at which the substance is liquid when activated by the activation module
Implementation Method 2
the substance is liquid when activated by the activation module... compel the substance out of the chamber housing and into a body portion of the firearm
Data Source
AI summary
A safety device for a firearm and system associated therewith are herein disclosed. The safety system includes a communications module, an activation module, a power source, a chamber housing, a substance, and a detonator. The communications module is designed to communicate with a remote device. The activation module that is designed to communicate with the communications module. The power source powers the communications module and the activation module. The substance is contained within the chamber housing. The detonator is at least partially contained within the chamber housing. In use, the detonator operative to compel the substance out of the chamber housing and into a body portion of the firearm when activated by the activation module.