Wearable illuminating and video recording devices, systems, and methods of use thereof

A method of controlling operation of a firearm, comprising:

• providing a firearm having a firearm control mechanism having a locked mode that prevents discharge of the firearm and an unlocked mode that allow the firearm to be discharged;
• providing a RFID reader electrically coupled to the firearm control mechanism;
• providing a wearable device having a RF tag capable of transmitting a signal to the RFID reader in response to an interrogation signal received from the RFID reader, the RF tag and the RF reader having a communication range;
• using the RF tag to transmit a signal operable to change the firearm control mechanism from the locked mode to the unlocked mode when the RF tag and the RFID reader are within said communication range;
• and
• the firearm control mechanism configured to change the from the unlocked mode to the locked mode when the RF tag and the RFID reader are not within said communication range.

A method of controlling operation of a video recording device, comprising:

• providing a firearm having an RFID reader;
• providing a wearable video recording device having a RF tag capable of transmitting a signal to the RFID reader in response to an interrogation signal received from the RFID reader, the RF tag and the RF reader having a communication range;
• and
• using the RFID reader to transmit a signal to the RF tag operable to actuate the video recording device when the RF tag and the RFID reader are within said communication range.