Patent ID: 7971381

Claim:
A handgun safety apparatus, comprising, in combination: a pair of separate non-abrasive parallelepiped straps selectively installed on an existing semiautomatic handgun, the straps comprising: a first strap installed around a barrel/receiver of the handgun, the first strap having a top spaced apart from a bottom, a first side spaced apart from a second side, a first end spaced apart from a second end; a second strap installed around a rear of the barrel/receiver and a trigger guard of the handgun, the second strap having a loop first side spaced apart from a loop second side, a loop top spaced apart from a loop bottom, a loop first end spaced apart from a loop second end; a lock selectively locking the first strap to the second strap; wherein the lock further comprises a keyed lock; wherein the keyed lock further comprises a male segment of the lock disposed within the loop second end, the male segment selectively joined to a female segment of the first strap disposed within the first strap second end.