Handgun having a decocking/safety control device

A handgun, having a frame, a firing pin, a barrel mounted thereupon, a slide for sliding reciprocating movement on said frame, a trigger pivotally mounted upon the frame by a trigger pin, a trigger rod member pivotally connected to the trigger by means of a pin and having a control surface, a spring loaded sear pivotally mounted upon the frame by means of a sear pin, a hammer pivotally mounted to the frame by means of a hammer pin, a hammer spring acting onto the hammer for causing movement of said hammer along a path for firing the gun, which hammer includes a searing surface and a half-cocked notch, which sear includes a tang for engaging the searing surface of the hammer, and includes a control projection for engaging the control surface of the trigger rod member, which sear is rotatable between a hammer locking position and a hammer release position,

• comprising a pivotable decocking/safety control device supported at the frame by means of a control device shaft member and having a first control member for cooperating with the sear and the hammer for causing said tang to engage said half-cocked notch for first initiating and then preventing movement of said hammer along said path for a decocking of the gun, and a second control member for cooperating with the sear for locking the gun.