HisArpy
Loose canon extraordinair
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Ouch!!!!!!!
U.S. Air Force’s Global Strike Command (AFGSC) has ordered an indefinite “pause” in the use of M18 pistols following a recent fatal incident at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. This comes just two weeks after the disclosure of an FBI report that added to long-standing concerns about the ability of Sig Sauer P320-series pistols, a family that includes the M18, to fire without their triggers being pulled. Just days after that report became public, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a permanent ban on the use of P320s. TWZ just recently published an in-depth story on the FBI report and the fallout from it, including Sig’s refutation of the testing results,
There are additional as-yet unconfirmed claims circulating online that the airman assigned to the 90th Security Forces Squadron died after their M18 went off without the trigger being pulled. The individual in question is claimed to have removed the pistol, still in its holster, from their belt and put it on a table before it went off.
If true, this is eerily similar to an incident involving a Michigan State Police (MSP) M18 PRO LE, a commercial version of the pistol with notable differences from the U.S. military standard type, which occurred last July. The MSP pistol experienced an apparent “uncommanded discharge” while still in its holster, which was still attached to an officer’s belt at the time.
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Sounds to me like our military needs to buy replacements that were domestically designed and produced.
You know, like the 1911.