• GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 days ago

      Unfortunately the only one of those I know was a hunting rifle that could literally do that while on safety and unattended. Like it was fucking haunted or something. They recalled them after some deaths. Another win for safety standards under capitalism: the unsafest gun.

      (look up the Remington 700, they knew possible problems in the 70s, the recall was a decade-ish ago)

      • AnarchoAnarchist [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        The P320 (the new service pistol going out to US troops and LEO agencies) has had quite a few reports of accidental discharge. Early reports were about it going off if dropped at a certain angle from a certain height, but recent reports have it going off while holstered.

        There are dozens of YouTube videos that go into it, And most of them do a better job describing the design defects, and the quality control issues, than I can.

        Edit Idk if this person gave him a P320, but I hope so.