Weapon handgrip safety alarm

A safety alarm for a hand gun comprising:

• a gun body having a hand grip,
• a cavity in said hand grip,
• a removable cover on said body closing said cavity,
• a battery mounted on said body within said cavity,
• an audible alarm mounted on said body within the cavity,
• an electric circuit connecting said alarm to said battery,
• a switch in said circuit having normally open switch contacts within said cavity, which, when closed, complete the circuit from said battery to said alarm to sound the alarm,
• one of said contacts being fixed within said cavity and the other of said contacts being in the form of a leaf spring having one end portion fixed within said cavity and the other end portion spaced from said one contact in the normal unstressed condition of said spring, and
• actuating means for closing said contacts,
• said actuating means comprising an elongated plunger having a first end secured to said other end portion of said leaf spring,
• an aperture in said cover,
• said plunger extending slidably through said aperture and having a second end projecting beyond said hand grip to a position adapted to be engaged and depressed by the hand of a person gripping the hand grip, thereby moving the plunger inwardly relative to said cavity and causing the said other end portion of said leaf spring to engage said one contact.