System for actuating gun and utility locks with an external mobile device

A trigger lock for a weapon having a frame, a trigger and a trigger guard, the trigger lock comprising:

• a trigger-guard enclosure including a body component and a locking pin component, that together define an inner cavity and an open entry channel for receiving the trigger guard of a weapon therein, and for removing the trigger-guard of said weapon there from, said trigger-guard enclosure having a long axis parallel with the trigger guard of the weapon when secured in said trigger-guard enclosure;
• an electronically actuated, bistable locking mechanism including a displaceable member, said displaceable member being displaceable between a first position corresponding to a locked state of said locking mechanism and a second position corresponding to an unlocked state of said locking mechanism;
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• a control system including a microcontroller and an actuator, said microcontroller being configured such that, upon receipt of a locking control signal from a mobile cellular device said microcontroller actuates said actuator to move said displaceable member into said first position, thereby preventing withdrawal of the trigger guard from the trigger guard lock and, upon receipt of an unlocking control signal from said mobile cellular device, said microcontroller actuates said actuator to move said displaceable member into said second position, thereby allowing withdrawal of the trigger guard from the trigger guard lock.