Patent ID: 7905042

Claim:
A firearm, comprising: a stock; a striker moveably mounted within a cavity of the stock, wherein the striker is movable between a discharged position and a charged position; a barrel attached to the stock, wherein a chamber of the barrel defines a barrel bore centerline axis and is configured for receiving therein a round of ammunition; two safety release buttons movably exposed at an exterior surface of the stock, wherein said safety release buttons are diametrically opposed to each other with respect to the barrel bore centerline axis and wherein each one of said safety release buttons is independently movable from a respective at-rest position to a respective safety release position; and two striker release triggers movably exposed at the exterior surface of the stock, wherein said striker release triggers are diametrically opposed to each other with respect to the barrel bore centerline axis, wherein said safety release buttons and said striker release triggers are diametrically aligned with a common axis, wherein each one of said striker release triggers is coupled to a respective one of said safety release buttons and to the striker in a manner whereby displacement of at least one of said striker release triggers from a respective at-rest position to a respective displaced position when said safety release buttons are simultaneously in the respective safety release position allows the striker to be moved from the charged position toward the discharged position.