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Marine vet ICE agent sues Sig Sauer for $10M claiming pistol shot him on its own
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| Feb. 22, 2021
| RYAN MORGAN
Posted on 02/22/2021 4:46:41 PM PST by PROCON
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To: MileHi
It means it never happen. He pulled the trigger while drawing from the holster. He won’t be the first nor the last who’s shot themselves in the thigh trying to fast draw. I’m not even sure the firing pin has enough tension on it to even fire in the static position.
To: PROCON
Did the Sig point “itself” at the guy?
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:05:14 PM PST
by
G Larry
(Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
To: mrmeyer
“Sounds like poor holster discipline”
I need to see if he was wearing skinny jeans, or what.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:05:18 PM PST
by
drSteve78
(Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
To: PROCON
If there isn't video this is an exercise in futility.
He could have just as easily shot himself pulling the pistol out of the holster.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:05:22 PM PST
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: PROCON
“without even touching the trigger”
Bullshit.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:06:07 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: MileHi
without him touching or even pulling the trigger.Anyone can pull the trigger while touching it. It takes a pro to pull the trigger without touching it. And only the truly elite veterans that are federal agents can discharge a handgun without doing either.
Remember the FBI agent (wasn't he from Denver?) that managed to discharge his service pistol without even being in physical contact with it while doing handsprings in a bar? That's the kind of training these folks get.
And given where he was hit, it sounds like he may have been carrying reverse Mexican at the range.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:06:14 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: PROCON
his holstered P320 pistol discharged without him pulling the trigger I'm sure it did, Officer Smollett.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:06:55 PM PST
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: PROCON
...
his upper right hip.Not the thigh. Shoulder harness?
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:07:12 PM PST
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: PROCON
I own one. Hasn’t fired on me yet.
To: mrmeyer
I know some folks that don’t care for the leather or leather/kydex combination holsters as the leather can weaken and perhaps allow for the trigger to get pressed.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:07:44 PM PST
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
To: real saxophonist
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:07:51 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: G Larry
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:08:01 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: mylife
I’ll take my Kimber 1911 5” .45cal ACP “Eclipse Target II”, anyday.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:09:41 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Lurker
Hard to believe Sig would allow such a defect. I’m more inclined to believe poor booger hook management. Sig Sauer had a potentially lethal design flaw identified in 2017:
https://www.omahaoutdoors.com/blog/sig-sauer-p320-fails-drop-test/
To: PROCON
has had at least 28 accidental discharge incidents among law enforcement officers As if LEOs are all expert handlers of firearms. Remember the FBI instructor shooting himself in front of the class — inside a classroom? For one example.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:11:44 PM PST
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: mylife
Kimber has 2 external safeties; the side thumb and back beavertail.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:11:55 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: real saxophonist
I remember Tex. Suspect you’re right.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:17:05 PM PST
by
MileHi
((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: mylife
Wonder if it was a serpa retention holster. Lots of instances among LEOs negligently firing those while drawing. You have to press a button on the side of the holster while you draw to release the gun. Often people keep pushing after the trigger guard clears the holster and end up pushing their finger right into the trigger and firing. Been a lot of shot toes that way. You’ve got to straighten that finger as soon as the gun clears the holster.
To: PROCON
My husband is a stroke survivor and no longer has the strength to pull a trigger. I wonder if one of these self-firing guns would be right for him.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:18:22 PM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ )
To: PROCON
Knew an Austrian that played with his Glock and shot through the wall into the leg of the guy in the next room.
Negligent discharge. he was on way home next morning.
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posted on
02/22/2021 5:18:43 PM PST
by
zek157
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