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Police drop P320s over safety worries, then resell to the public:Police are reselling their SIG Sauer P320 pistols—alleged in multiple lawsuits to fire without the trigger being pulled—to the public. (revealnews.org)

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

The problem when a very serious design flaw like this becomes known is that the reputation of the gun will be tainted forever.

Even if the problem is completely solved people will still default to blaming the gun whenever there is an accident caused by the operator. And since SIG fucked up twice and initially mishandled the problem both times, that reputational harm is going no where any time soon.

That kind of dynamic ruined the Blackhawk SERPA holster as well.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

anyone in sales will tell you. you don't sell the product, you sell the trust in the product.

SIG sold their trust with their public tantrum for points with the fascists.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

For good reason right? For safety.