Abstract: Provided is a weapon retention device that includes first and second sides laterally-spaced apart from each other to define a trigger guard space there between. The first and second sides include a shape suitable to extend over a portion of an aperture defined by a trigger guard provided to a handgun while the trigger guard is received within the trigger guard space and protect a trigger within the aperture against contact from a foreign body. A hangar to be coupled to the first and second sides includes an attachment device that releasably couples the weapon retention device to a user.