System comprising - a striking device for a firearm, wherein the striking device has a firing pin and an electromagnetic release unit which is operatively connected to the firing pin, wherein the electromagnetic release unit is designed to trigger or bring about, by exerting an electromagnetic force, a release movement of the firing pin from a rest position to a firing position, wherein the electromagnetic release unit either is of active design, so as to bring about the release movement of the firing pin directly by exerting the electromagnetic force, or is of passive design, so as to block the release movement, for example by exerting the electromagnetic force, and, by changing the electromagnetic force, to trigger the release movement by a preloading force that acts on the firing pin, characterized in that the system further comprises - an actuatable control unit, wherein the control unit cooperates with the electromagnetic release unit of the striking device such that, by actuating the control unit, the release movement of the firing pin is triggered or brought about by the electromagnetic release unit, wherein the control unit comprises a transmitting device for transmitting an actuation signal via a wireless connection and the striking device comprises a receiving device for receiving the actuation signal via the wireless connection, wherein the control unit is designed to transmit the actuation signal by means of the transmitting device when said control unit is actuated, and the striking device is designed such that the release movement of the firing pin is triggered or brought about by the electromagnetic release unit when the actuation signal is received by the receiving device, wherein the striking device comprises a mechanical release unit which can be connected to a trigger of the firearm, wherein the mechanical release unit cooperates either with the firing pin, which is operatively connected to the electromagnetic release unit, so as to trigger the release movement of the firing pin when the trigger is actuated, or with a further firing pin of the striking device so as to trigger a release movement of the further firing pin when the trigger is actuated. - a striking device for a firearm, wherein the striking device has a firing pin and an electromagnetic release unit which is operatively connected to the firing pin, wherein the electromagnetic release unit is designed to trigger or bring about, by exerting an electromagnetic force, a release movement of the firing pin from a rest position to a firing position, wherein the electromagnetic release unit either is of active design, so as to bring about the release movement of the firing pin directly by exerting the electromagnetic force, or is of passive design, so as to block the release movement, for example by exerting the electromagnetic force, and, by changing the electromagnetic force, to trigger the release movement by a preloading force that acts on the firing pin, - an actuatable control unit, wherein the control unit cooperates with the electromagnetic release unit of the striking device such that, by actuating the control unit, the release movement of the firing pin is triggered or brought about by the electromagnetic release unit,