Gunmaker sues Washington’s police academy over P320 pistol ban
Gunmaker Sig Sauer is taking Washington’s police academy to court after officials banned its SIG P320 pistol over safety concerns.
Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) banned the pistol after investigating growing claims that the firearm has a troubling history of firing without a trigger pull.
In one case, Houston police officer Rick Fernandez, who is now suing Sig Sauer for $10 million, said he was shot in the leg by his holstered gun, a P320 handgun.
“The bullet from the subject handgun shot through Officer Fernandez’s right calf and lodged into his ankle,” the lawsuit stated. “But the subject handgun, at all times, remained holstered. He never pulled the trigger or otherwise handled the gun.”
Sig Sauer, an American company headquartered in New Hampshire, according to the lawsuit, is suing Washington’s academy to reverse its ban, claiming it’s unnecessary and not well grounded in fact or law. It also wants to block the executive director of the training commission from making public statements about the pistol outside the scope of her duties.
