Containment device for safely inspecting, loading and unloading firearms

A portable containment device for safely inspecting, loading and unloading firearms, comprising:

• an outer container having a size and weight which enables it to be manually transported from one location to another;
• said outer container having a rear wall, opposed top and bottom walls, opposed side walls, and a front opening, all of which circumscribe and define a container interior;
• a plurality of separate composite protective panels, each composed of:
• an elastomeric ricochet prevention layer;
• a ballistic shield layer adjacent to the elastomeric ricochet prevention layer;
• and
• an energy absorbing layer adjacent to the ballistic shield layer;
• five of said protective panels being removably disposed within said outer container, with one of said panels being disposed adjacent to said container rear wall, two of said protective panels being disposed adjacent to said side walls, and the remaining two protective panels being disposed adjacent to said top and bottom walls;
• each of said protective panels being positioned within said outer container with the energy absorbing layer adjacent to the outer container wall and the elastomeric ricochet prevention layer being disposed toward said interior of the outer container;
• said device being adapted for insertion of the muzzle of a firearm through the front opening and into the interior of the outer container during loading, unloading, and inspection of the firearm;
• said elastomeric ricochet prevention layer being penetrable by a projectile discharged from the firearm and capable of preventing the projectile from ricocheting out of the interior of the outer container;
• said ballistic shield layer being impenetrable by a projectile discharged from the firearm;
• said energy absorbing layer being capable of absorbing the impact of a projectile which strikes the ballistic shield layer to prevent any deformation of the walls of the outer container;
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• said protective panels being individually removable from said outer container to permit any of said panels to be replaced in the event that such panels have become damaged from repeated projectile discharges against them.