As the ongoing hysteria of the "issue" with the P320 is debated over the internet, lets not forget that one significant thing needs to happen to get the gun to discharge: you, the operator of that mechanism, have to fumble it, badly, and make it happen.
It's being ignored in all the debate: what we have here is a major safety issue that is gun owner induced. For all those who choose to put aside their P320's because they no longer trust it, I support your decision. In fact, it's not going far enough. Lock up ALL your guns, because if you are worried about dropping a P320, then the real issue and what is being admitted is that you will drop guns at all.
So, put down the gun safe key, back away from the cabinet, and leave the room. That way nobody will get hurt.
It's been debated for a long time the 1911 will fire if dropped on the hammer. And it seems to be a recurring problem that Glock owners will shoot themselves in the leg by the misfortunate insertion of their trigger finger inside the guard, especially when holstering. Given the larger issues at hand, I'm not worried about SIG's. I worry about gun owners, who have demonstrated an enormous capability to goof up any safety device and shoot themselves or others around them.
Negligent discharges are the bane of gun ownership, what should we expect if we mishandle a gun? It can and will go off, is what you should be thinking, and it should be handled with that in mind. Not "it's safe and can't go off." That is a lie - demonstrated over and over, regardless of gun type or hype - they are NOT safe and can go off.
Carry guns are constantly discussed on forums and their reliability is often the topic, if we are so focused on making sure they will shoot when we use them, then be assured, if you mishandle it and it can go off, it's entirely due to your efforts to have one that will. If you want a gun that can't possibly discharge, ever, no matter how you abuse it, then don't expect it to fire reliably when you need it to. There is a range of options in between those two extremes - think about how far you need to go one way or the other.
But no matter what, if you make an error in the first place, then own it. Dropping the gun at all is the real fault. It's operator negligence, just the same as driving off the road and hitting a tree.
It's being ignored in all the debate: what we have here is a major safety issue that is gun owner induced. For all those who choose to put aside their P320's because they no longer trust it, I support your decision. In fact, it's not going far enough. Lock up ALL your guns, because if you are worried about dropping a P320, then the real issue and what is being admitted is that you will drop guns at all.
So, put down the gun safe key, back away from the cabinet, and leave the room. That way nobody will get hurt.
It's been debated for a long time the 1911 will fire if dropped on the hammer. And it seems to be a recurring problem that Glock owners will shoot themselves in the leg by the misfortunate insertion of their trigger finger inside the guard, especially when holstering. Given the larger issues at hand, I'm not worried about SIG's. I worry about gun owners, who have demonstrated an enormous capability to goof up any safety device and shoot themselves or others around them.
Negligent discharges are the bane of gun ownership, what should we expect if we mishandle a gun? It can and will go off, is what you should be thinking, and it should be handled with that in mind. Not "it's safe and can't go off." That is a lie - demonstrated over and over, regardless of gun type or hype - they are NOT safe and can go off.
Carry guns are constantly discussed on forums and their reliability is often the topic, if we are so focused on making sure they will shoot when we use them, then be assured, if you mishandle it and it can go off, it's entirely due to your efforts to have one that will. If you want a gun that can't possibly discharge, ever, no matter how you abuse it, then don't expect it to fire reliably when you need it to. There is a range of options in between those two extremes - think about how far you need to go one way or the other.
But no matter what, if you make an error in the first place, then own it. Dropping the gun at all is the real fault. It's operator negligence, just the same as driving off the road and hitting a tree.