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SubstantialFigment t1_iyurb3s wrote

Reply to comment by arcxjo in Mass. woman among group suing Sig Sauer, saying gun goes off by itself by tjerome1994

There have been legit recalls for this sort of defect.

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coyote-1 t1_iywu44h wrote

But not by SIG. They had a “voluntary upgrade” on this, but not a recall. Which they should… but if they did, would make them legally vulnerable in dozens of incidents.

The gun does in fact fire spontaneously. Sig refusing to officially acknowledge this is a travesty, and only possible because of special legislation sponsored and passed by the GOP that holds gun companies legally not responsible for the consequences of their products.

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[deleted] t1_iyurftu wrote

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arcxjo t1_iyurrse wrote

Not saying it isn't possible, but a law-talking guy who's suing them putting out a press release isn't a definitive source any more than all the Facebook ads about Roundup are proof it's carcinogenic.

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be-like-water-2022 t1_iyus435 wrote

In 2016, the U.S Army adopted the P320 for use in the field, but not before it underwent significant testing. The Army’s drop test revealed that the gun would discharge on impact at certain angles. Clearly, this was a concern that they needed to have addressed. Sig Sauer met the Army’s requests for a modified trigger mechanism to fix the problem — but implemented the change only for military sales.

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SubstantialFigment t1_iyurzck wrote

Remington did a recall for this very problem for a long gun. It has happened before.

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arcxjo t1_iyuvww1 wrote

That's irrelevant to proving anything about this particular gun unless they used the same parts.

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BirdsbirdsBURDS t1_iyuxv4c wrote

It establishes the fact that it can happen. This lawsuit going forward now is stating that it has happened. That’s literally what we’re looking at. It’s not like there’s just this one woman making this random claim against a random gun. She’s one of many making the claim against the same model. Let them figure it out in court now. But saying they don’t have a case because you can’t believe it or significantly doubt it is pointless unless you’re involved in the case.

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