Popular handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims say At least 80 people, including police officers, allege they were shot by their SIG Sauer P320 pistols. Some have lost work, live in pain after serious injuries.
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Zitat von https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_Sauer_P320#Unintentional_discharge_problemA 2023 investigation by The Washington Post and The Trace found more than 100 people who say their P320 discharged with no trigger pressure; at least 80 of them were wounded as a result. Most discharges occurred after the redesign addressing the drop firing problem.
Unlike other striker-fired gun, the P320 is "effectively fully cocked at rest", since its striker is under constant spring pressure, which is released when the trigger is pulled. Most such guns, including the P320's military variant, have external safeties (like thumb safeties), which the P320's civilian variant lacks. According to gunsmith James Tertin, this is a rare and "uniquely dangerous" configuration.
By April 2023, six American law enforcement agencies discontinued use of the firearm due to concerns over unintentional discharges. The Fraternal Order of Police's Wisconsin state lodge recommended in mid-September 2022 for the state's police departments to stop using the weapon, claiming three Milwaukee Police officer injuries involving them or their partner's service weapons firing without any trigger pressure since 2020.