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Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers spoke about why his agency transitioned to new weapons for their deputies this year.
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Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers spoke about why his agency transitioned to new weapons for their deputies this year.
Attorneys for Deputy David Cole allege the Sig Sauer’s P320 pistol is dangerous after one unintentionally discharged into the deputy’s leg.
By August 2020, there was nearly one accidental shooting involving the Sig Sauer P320 per month. In the previous five years combined, the memo said the department averaged 2.4 incident per year with a different service weapon.
The five guns stolen from Milwaukee officers are Sig Sauer P320s, the same gun at the center of three shootings where officers reported the guns firing from their holsters without the trigger being pulled.
This malfunction is somewhat uncommon, and therefore it is somewhat rarely discussed. My first time experiencing a “brass bungle” was during a major competition. I was pressed up against a wall in a narrow space and experienced the same problem twice, jamming my gun. Hot in the moment, I didn’t recognize what was happening. Brass bungles are tricky like that. As a shooter, there will be a time you shoot near a vertical surface – the wall at the range for example. But it could also be in a tactical situation inside a house or during a competition against a barricade. The close pr...