Automatically disabled firearm

摘要

An improved automatically disabled handgun (2) is of the type having a handle assembly (10) extending from a barrel/receiver assembly (8), the handgun normally carried in a holster (150). One or more switches (190; 144, 82) are depressed by the user grasping the handle to enable the handgun to be fired. Release of the handgun, such as by dropping the handgun, releases the switch(es) to automatically temporarily disable the handgun.