Patent ID: 8555540

Claim:
A firearm safety device for use with a handgun equipped with a blowback mechanism for automatic operation, comprising: a semiautomatic handgun having a slide and moveable barrel that is safe when the moveable barrel is not aligned parallel to the slide of the semiautomatic handgun; a barrel end piece having a length substantially less than the length of the moveable barrel of the handgun and adapted for insertion into or around the firing end of a moveable barrel of the handgun; and a substantially non-stretchable cable attached at a first cable end to a first side of the barrel end piece; wherein, when the cable is wrapped around a rearward portion of the semiautomatic handgun and a second cable end is secured to a second side of the barrel end piece, the cable is placed under tension; and wherein the tension on the cable pulls the semiautomatic handgun's moveable barrel into a safe position.