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wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com to guns@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days ago

A Gun Deemed Too Dangerous for Cops, But Fine for Civilians: Police are reselling their SIG Sauer P320 pistols — alleged in multiple lawsuits to fire without the trigger being pulled — to the public

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A Gun Deemed Too Dangerous for Cops, But Fine for Civilians: Police are reselling their SIG Sauer P320 pistols — alleged in multiple lawsuits to fire without the trigger being pulled — to the public

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A gun deemed too dangerous for cops, but fine for civilians
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Police are reselling their SIG Sauer P320 pistols — alleged in multiple lawsuits to fire without the trigger being pulled — to the public.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30061084

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    So are you saying a person could “accidentally” fire this and then plausibly argue in court that it just went off by itself? thonk

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      Judges are only that credulous for pigs

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      The gun just did that sir

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