I wonder how many people died when police encounters were escalated to “shots fired” by their faulty Sig.
It’s one thing for a gun to go off and potentially hit someone but it’s another when the first round fired triggers 4 cops to empty a mag each.
It’s one thing for a gun to go off and potentially hit someone but it’s another when the first round fired triggers 4 cops to empty a mag each.
One of the first rules of gun safety is never point the weapon at something you aren't intending to shoot. So by the time they are pointing their guns at a suspect, actually firing probably happens a lot? Or are cops actually trained to hold a person at gunpoint (I don't believe the TV dramas and movies where this happens constantly are realistic in this regard).
If so, it seems very risky, considering potential manufacturing or design defects such as discovered with the Sig.
I'm sure every defense attorney in the country is checking what firearms the officers were issued for their clients where it might make a difference.
I wouldn't believe American cops are trained with "safety first" rule in mind. The evidence doesn't seem to support it.
https://hub.wsu.edu/law-justice-realtime/2015/11/18/the-incr...