Abstract: A safety gate latch system having a gate tongue, first and second rings on opposite sides of the gate tongue and held in a frame in a manner such that when the rings are down, the gate tongue cannot move past either ring, a post-tongue, a second ring frame attached to the gate tongue and supporting primary and secondary safety rings disposed on opposite sides of the post-tongue whereby a gate using said system cannot be opened in a direction without the lifting of one of the first and second rings and also one of the safety rings.