AUTOMATED SAFE FOR FIREARMS STORAGE: AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR SECURITY COMPANIES (Atena Editora)

Abstract

With the growing articulation of organized crime and the increase in violence, manual methods become insufficient to effectively control firearms by companies, requiring the use of multiple technologies to guarantee a higher level of security in the custody of this material. The present work describes a firearm control system characterized by locking the firearm in the safe in an automated way, making it impossible to remove it without prior authorization. The purpose of this system is to prevent human error and lack of security from allowing the diversion of stored firearms. Additionally, this work aims to research patents for similar inventions in order to verify the potential of this system. The applied methodology consists of a steel safe with an electromagnetic pin lock that passes through the trigger key and the trigger guard of the firearm. The removal and storage control of the weapon in the safe is performed by a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) in communication with a computer that opens the safe and unlocks the weapon lock. The results of this work were compared with similar patents already registered and showed an innovative character, a totality of functions and a higher level of security.