Patent ID: 7770316

Claim:
A system for securing the firing of a shot from a firearm, comprising: a cartridge with a device for enabling the firing of the cartridge, wherein the device is arranged within the cartridge, and a firearm with an apparatus for communication with the device of the cartridge, said apparatus being arranged within the firearm; wherein said device arranged within the cartridge comprises: a memory in which a cartridge identification and a separate cartridge password are stored, an interface for transmitting said cartridge identification to the apparatus which is arranged within the firearm and for receiving releasing data transmitted from said apparatus arranged within the firearm, a control means for comparing said cartridge password with the received releasing data, and a security means which is only releasable by a signal transmitted from the control means if the cartridge password and the received releasing data match, and wherein said apparatus arranged within the firearm comprises: an operating device for calculating the releasing data on the basis of the cartridge identification, and a cartridge interface for communicating with the cartridge and for receiving the cartridge identification from the cartridge and transmitting the releasing data to the cartridge.