Institutional Weapon System

Abstract

A system of firearm control by an institution is revealed. One or more firearms are authorized by a remote officer who is updated in real time by 360 by 360 video and sound as to who is wielding the weapon and the current use of the weapon. The firearm is authorized and deauthorized to fire or not fire by the remote officer, giving oversite and operability of the firearm to the institution.

1 . The method of a firearm authorization and deauthorization to discharge system comprising:
 a) a firearm having a frame, a barrel carried by said frame, a discharge authorization and deauthorization system carried by said frame in operational connection with said barrel, said discharge authorization and deauthorization system adapted to enable or disable the ability of the firearm to discharge through said barrel;   b) said discharge authorization and deauthorization system being remotely authorized or deauthorized, the authorization authority being remotely located from the firearm;   c) an authorizable device carried by said frame and adapted to receive and evaluate authorizing signals, said authorizable device placing the firearm in an operational, dischargeable condition when said authorizing device receives the predetermined one or more authorizing signals, and placing the firearm in a non-dischargeable, deauthorized condition when said authorizing device receives a deauthorizing signal or does not receive the predetermined one or more authorizing signals for a predetermined time;   d) the authorizable device carried by said frame in contact with the remotely located authorization authority, said authorization and deauthorization being further controlled by remote means as a signal receivable over an area providing simultaneous control of a single or multiple firearms;   e) a signal being transmitted from an authorization authority providing authorization for the discharge of firearms;   f) a signal being transmitted from an authorization authority deauthorizing the use of Firearms;   g) said signal authorizing single or multiple or specific types or classes of firearms;   h) an authorization system authorizing a firearm for discharge;   i) an authorization system where the authorized device is a firearm.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising discharge authorization and deauthorization control of the firearm individually and in combination by means of: a) a signal from an authority b) a signal from an authority and the entry of a security code by the authorized weapon operator. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the weapon further comprises video and audio transmission and recording means; a) video comprises a 360 by 360 view around the firearm and the Authorized Weapon Operator; b) audio comprises a 360 by 360 receiving area around the firearm and the Authorized Weapon Operator; c) audio is bi-directional with the authorization authority. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  in which the firearm provides radio and optical transmission means of sound, images, and video to an authorization control authority. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  where the authorization Authority is remote from the firearm and incorporates video and audio means for recording and displaying the audio and video transmission from the remotely located firearm. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  where the authority displays the image of the person shouldering the firearm and the stored images of the authorized operators for ready comparison of the images facilitating authorization and deauthorization decisions. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the firearm is any class or category or type of weapon, said signal authorizing or deauthorizing single or multiple or specific types or classes of firearms; 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising the cessation of authorization on detection of loss of authorization signal. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising means for multiple and simultaneous authorization and deauthorization of firearms, controlling the use of firearms in activities to include police, military, schools, prisons, and the confines of other controlled, defined or restricted facilities or areas. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising authorization and deauthorization parameters including time, location, geographic location, history, class of firearm, and combinations thereof.