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Wreaks of contradictions and lack of clarity. Not the writer's fault though. He tried to do due diligence. This has been making the rounds on Internet forums as well over the past week. *Summary:* 1) Allegedly leaked report from Dallas PD. 2) _*No Sig factory recall.*_ Just Dallas PD temporarily pulling P320's from duty use. For whatever reason. 3) Writer contacted Sig official who would be responsible for issuing a recall. Sig official stated _*he had not issued one*_ and was unaware of any other Sig official that had done same. 4) When asked by writer for comment, Dallas PD stated that /"We have //_*not currently had any issues*_//with the Sig Sauer P320 handgun. The use of the Sig Sauer P320 has been suspended due to safety precautions."/ Huh? 5) Dallas PD asked by writer for info about how the failure occurred. Response stated that Sig /"identified a defect in the P320 handgun that could cause the weapon system to go off when dropped."/ An unresponsive non-answer, since it only appears to reference the poorly worded CYA warning in the manual. 6) Dallas PD asked by writer if anybody _*actually dropped*_ a P320 with subsequent discharge. Response stated that "There have been _*no reported incidents of an accidental discharge involving this weapon because of the defect*_." Talk about a runaway story. An analysis of the article and the points addressed above results in the following: (1) Dallas PD did not actually have a drop failure or any other safety issue with a department issued/used P320. (2) Apparently based the decision to suspend the use of P320's on the safety warning in the Sig manual. (3) Sig has no idea what Dallas PD is talking about. Willing to wait for any facts that appear later. At this point, based on the reported information, it looks like Dallas PD bureaucracy is doing a CYA shtick. Or just plain incompetence. |
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