Firing control system for non-impact fired ammunition

A non-impact handgun having a plurality of ammunition chambers and being adapted to utilize ammunition cartridges each having a non-impact primer adjacent one end thereof, said handgun including a frame, a power source and a control module for selectively permitting a firing command signal to issue from said power source, said non-impact handgun comprising:

• a rotatable cylinder having said ammunition chambers formed therein and extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of said cylinder from a rear internal face to a front firing face, each of said chambers forming openings in said rear internal face and being adapted to house one of said ammunition cartridges;
• an electrically conductive, non-impact ignition probe adapted to be disposed opposite one of said openings when said cylinder is in a firing position;
• a trigger assembly mounted within said frame, wherein actuation of said trigger assembly enables electrical communication between said probes and said power source, thereby initiating detonation of said non-impact primer and subsequent firing of said cartridge;
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• said firing command signal is an electrical pulse having a predetermined duration, whereby said control module includes circuitry for actively prohibiting subsequent discharges of said firing command signal for a predetermined time period after said capacitive device discharges said firing command signal.