Gun mounted video camera

A video camera recording device, comprising:

• means defining an elongated gunstock;
• means defining a mounting platform adapted to receive thereon a hand-held video camera recorder means having a lense structure thereon defining a line of sight, a recording medium for recording video information, and a viewfinder;
• support means for interconnecting said gunstock to said mounting platform means;
• switch means for effecting a sequential activating and deactivating of said video camera recorder means for the purpose of starting a recording of video information on said recording medium and stopping the recording, respectively;
• gun sight means located in said line of sight so as to be visible through said viewfinder when said video camera recorder means is recording video information on said recording medium;
• means defining a trigger on said gunstock adapted to be manually activated by a finger of a user's hand;
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• means for generating a signal visible through said viewfinder in response to the user activating said trigger, said signal also being simultaneously recorded on said recording medium so that the user can effect an activating of said video camera recorder means by operation of said switch means, by aiming said line of sight at a target so as to bring said target into view through said viewfinder and to simultaneously record said target on said recording medium, by aligning said target with said gun sight means and said line of sight, by activating said trigger to activate said means for generating a signal visible through said viewfinder and to simultaneously record said signal on said recording medium, and by operation of said switch means again to deactivate said video camera recorder means.