Security and deployment assembly

A locking assembly for a firearm having a firing chamber, a barrel and a spring-loaded, reciprocating slide element, said barrel having a barrel face and a muzzle end, said slide element having a muzzle end, said locking assembly comprising:

• a slide shield;
• an action locking arm carrying a lug, said lug receivable in the firing chamber and barrel face of said firearm, said action locking arm attached to and positioned within said slide shield;
• a slide block attached to said slide shield and spaced from said action locking arm and lug, said slide block having a barrel port for passage of the muzzle end of said barrel therethrough;
• the muzzle end of said barrel extendable into said barrel port when the muzzle end of said slide element is placed in contact with said slide block;
• whereby when said lug is received in said firing chamber and said barrel face, said muzzle end of said barrel is received in said barrel port and said slide element is in contact with said slide block, said firearm is retained in said locking assembly.

A locking assembly for a firearm having a firing chamber, a barrel and a spring-loaded, reciprocating slide element, said barrel having a barrel face and a muzzle end, said slide element having a muzzle end, said locking assembly comprising:

• a rectangular slide shield;
• an action locking arm attached to a top wall of and positioned within said slide shield, said action locking arm fixed against rotation relative to said top wall, said action locking arm extending downward from said top wall and having an ejector bypass and a firing pin bypass on a lower surface of said action locking arm;
• a lug extending from said action locking arm in a direction substantially parallel to said top wall, said lug receivable in the barrel face of said firearm;
• a slide block on said slide shield spaced from said action locking arm and lug, said slide block having a barrel port therethrough, with a grooved, angled surface on a lower portion of said slide block;
• an open end on said slide shield spaced from said slide block;
• an open side on said slide shield opposite said top wall;
• mounting holes on said slide shield;
• a slide lock clearance groove on said slide shield;
• and
• a sight slot in said top wall of said slide shield;
• whereby when said firearm slide element is received in said slide shield via said open end and open side of said slide shield, said muzzle end of the slide element is placed in contact with said slide block, said muzzle end of said barrel is received in said barrel port and said lug is received in said barrel face, the firearm is retained in said locking assembly.