Oof, geeze, this article was my first exposure to this issue and I hadn’t considered this, but between a for profit business lying to avoid product liability lawsuits (which they probably wouldn’t face anyway because court decisions have made them basically immune) and police officers lying to avoid being held accountable for their actions (which they probably wouldn’t face anyway because etc.) I could believe either scenario. Honestly it’s probably both at the same time.
e; Sometimes I start a comment and forget where when I come back to it
The drops were 100% real, and an unacceptable flaw that was/is definitely a liability issue for Sig… (Edited to add: this issue was just on the very first ones and has since been fixed, but the required drop to make it happen was slightly out of spec for what is normally tested for. Like I think it would pass the standard test, but the test height plus an inch or two failed?)
But while this specific one sounds rare, a gun going off in their holster isn’t really that rare and happens with loads of brands of guns.
Cops are strapped all day and “open carry” where the holster isn’t just exposed it’s on a cluttered belt with a bunch of other stuff.
Stuff falls in the holster and moving around can apply pressure which pulls the trigger.
After, the cop will likely see the object, and just discard it to avoid blame.
Like I said, a shit ton of people both involved and not involved did everything possible to try and make stuff like cops were claiming happen in a controlled environment, no one, not even police departments, could replicate it.
This was huge news at the time in the gun community
Oof, geeze, this article was my first exposure to this issue and I hadn’t considered this, but between a for profit business lying to avoid product liability lawsuits (which they probably wouldn’t face anyway because court decisions have made them basically immune) and police officers lying to avoid being held accountable for their actions (which they probably wouldn’t face anyway because etc.) I could believe either scenario. Honestly it’s probably both at the same time.
e; Sometimes I start a comment and forget where when I come back to it
The drops were 100% real, and an unacceptable flaw that was/is definitely a liability issue for Sig… (Edited to add: this issue was just on the very first ones and has since been fixed, but the required drop to make it happen was slightly out of spec for what is normally tested for. Like I think it would pass the standard test, but the test height plus an inch or two failed?)
But while this specific one sounds rare, a gun going off in their holster isn’t really that rare and happens with loads of brands of guns.
Cops are strapped all day and “open carry” where the holster isn’t just exposed it’s on a cluttered belt with a bunch of other stuff.
Stuff falls in the holster and moving around can apply pressure which pulls the trigger.
After, the cop will likely see the object, and just discard it to avoid blame.
Like I said, a shit ton of people both involved and not involved did everything possible to try and make stuff like cops were claiming happen in a controlled environment, no one, not even police departments, could replicate it.
This was huge news at the time in the gun community