Safety system for firearms

A firearm enabling and disabling electronic system comprising

• at least one base unit comprising a transmitter and/or receiver;
• and
• at least one safety device comprising
• a transmitter and/or receiver adapted to exchange and process wireless command signals with the transmitter and/or receiver of the base unit;
• an actuating circuit controlled by the transmitter and/or receiver of the safety device and adapted to actuate a locking mechanism, the locking mechanism being operable to prevent a firearm from firing;
• wherein the wireless command signal is operable within a first predetermined distance range between the base unit and the safety device;
• wherein the safety device further comprises a reader device coupled with the actuating circuit of the safety device and a tag device adapted to be worn by a user of a firearm, wherein each of the reader device and the tag device comprises a transmitter-receiver, wherein the reader device and the tag device are adapted to exchange and process wireless authorisation signals within a second predetermined distance range from each other, wherein when the safety device is located within the second predetermined distance range from the tag device, the reader device and the tag device exchange and process the wireless authorisation signal, whereby the reader device prompts the actuating circuit to release the locking mechanism from the locking mode;
• wherein the reader device and the tag device are mutually configured so that once the safety device and the tag device are separated by a distance greater than the second predetermined distance range, the reader device prompts the actuating circuit to actuate the locking mechanism thereby causing the locking mechanism to assume a locking mode capable of preventing a firearm equipped with the safety device from firing;
• wherein when the safety device is located within the predetermined distance from the base unit, transmitters and/or receivers of the base unit and of the safety device exchange the wireless command signal which causes the transmitter and/or receiver of the safety device to prompt the actuating circuit to actuate the locking mechanism thereby causing the locking mechanism to assume a locking mode capable of preventing a firearm from firing;
• wherein the first predetermined distance range between the base unit and the safety device within which the wireless command signal is operable and within which the transmitter and/or receiver of the base unit and the transmitter and/or receiver of the safety device can exchange and process the wireless command signal is sufficient to cover a designated area in which firearms equipped with the safety device of the system need to be disabled;
• wherein the base unit is disposed within the designated area;
• wherein the transmitter and/or receiver of the safety device is coupled with the actuating circuit to override the reader device in controlling the actuating circuit, whereby when the safety device is within the first predetermined distance range of operability of the wireless command signal, the transmitter and/or receiver of the base unit and the transmitter and/or receiver of the safety device exchange and process the wireless command signal, whereby the transmitter and/or receiver of the safety device prompts the actuating circuit to actuate the locking mechanism thereby causing the locking mechanism to assume the locking mode regardless whether or not the safety device is located within the second predetermined distance range from the tag device and whether or not the reader device has prompted the actuating circuit to release the locking mechanism;
• and
• wherein the first predetermined distance range of operability of the wireless command signal exchanged between the transmitter and/or receiver of the safety device and the base unit is greater than the second predetermined distance range of operability of the wireless authorisation signal exchanged between the reader device and the tag device.