There is something known as the snowball effect.
Back in the day with Glocks, we had the infamous Glock-leg and Glock-kB.
But one story hits the news, people see it, people report their similar experiences, that becomes news, and the whole situation snowballs.
The SIG P320 and accidental discharges are the same thing.
One story makes two, which makes ten, which makes a public opinion bases on perception and not reality.
Let’s look at two recent examples:
I guarantee you that “extensive firearms experience as a gun owner” meant he carried a J-frame in his pocket for 30 years without a holster and it never went off.
He switched to a P320, did the sane careless handling, and shot himself.
Because he never shot himself with his J-frame, it must be the gun and not him being a jackass.
Example number two:
Officer’s gun that fired inside Massachusetts school is latest Sig Sauer incident
A veteran Cambridge, Mass. police officer’s gun discharged inside of a public school staff bathroom earlier this week, the latest instance of a Sig Sauer P320 pistol allegedly firing without an intentional trigger pull.
Cambridge Police confirmed this is the fourth time a P320 pistol unexpectedly discharged since the force adopted the gun as its duty weapon in 2018. The department said it is investigating the incident.
On Tuesday, Cambridge Officer Frank Greenidge was inside a staff bathroom at Rindge and Latin High School, when, according to a department spokesperson, he “removed his department issued firearm from its holster and it unintentionally discharged. There were no injuries and the school day continued uninterrupted.”
Another cop.
Officer Greenidge went to take a dump, drew his gun, and it went off.
Who wants to bet Officer Greenidge isn’t a gun guy, and butterfingered the trigger?
But he knows other cops have complained about their P320s so is blaming the gun instead of accepting that he’s an idiot and a reprimand.
That’s the way these stories go.
Buy a holster, don’t touch it, and ignore the media.
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