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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – After a deputy was wounded by an accidental firearm discharge, sheriff's officials abandoned plans to equip the agency with the same model handgun in the incident, and ...
SIG Sauer responded by asserting that most accidental discharges involve negligence; that many other gun models suffer from such discharges; that the P320 has been extensively tested and meets safety standards; and that, despite years of complaints and litigation, no one has successfully recreated the claimed phenomenon by demonstrating a P320 ...
Police officers are among those to have reported injuries they say were caused by the alleged defect in the SIG Sauer P320 pistol, although more than 100 said they had experienced an accidental ...
Sig Sauer has previously settled lawsuits involving alleged discharges, and the company successfully blocked a proposed class action lawsuit that centered on financial harm for P320 owners.
An accidental discharge (AD) occurs when there is a mechanical failure of the firearm.This can include things like firearms that do not have mechanisms to render them drop safe falling a sufficient distance, [1] a firing pin stuck forward, [2] a sear failing, [3] or rounds heating sufficiently to spontaneously ignite in the chamber (as may happen in a closed bolt machine gun).
In firearms, a safety or safety catch is a mechanism used to help prevent the accidental discharge of a firearm, helping to ensure safer handling. Safeties generally can be divided into subtypes such as internal safeties (which typically do not receive input from the user) and external safeties (which typically allow the user to give input, for ...
The plaintiff, Kyle Guay, alleged SIG Sauer sold the P320 pistol in an unreasonably dangerous condition. The lawsuit claimed the pistol has a defect, allowing it to fire ... Judge rules in SIG ...
Slamfire occurs when the cartridge discharges as soon as it reaches the chamber, rather than waiting in the chamber to receive a firing pin impact when the trigger is pulled. Schematic of an Advanced Primer Ignition blowback operation that works in a similar way to slamfire by striking the cartridge as its moving forward before it is fully ...