US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Magazine lock for a firearm" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,073, issued on June 16.

"Magazine lock for a firearm" was invented by Martin Jay Padget (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an improved magazine lock, a first embodiment having a magazine catch with a relief communicating with the magazine well on the lower receiver of an assault weapon. This embodiment also uses a removable key, only accessible when the rifle is rendered inoperable, that interfaces with that relief to prevent the magazine from being expelled from the rifle. In a second embodiment, the key is disengaged from the catch by separating the lower and upper receivers from each other, while it is e...