A safety holster for a firearm, including two pivotally mounted retaining
members that cooperate to engage the trigger guard of the firearm and
prevent withdrawal of the firearm from the holster by anyone other than an
authorized user of the firearm. The holster includes a fingerprint sensor
for scanning fingerprint information of a perspective user of the firearm,
and a processor for comparing the scanned fingerprint information with
stored fingerprint information of an authorized user and releasing the
retaining member only if the scanned fingerprint information matches that
of the authorized user.