Montville police officer’s handgun went off inside the Montville Police Department

Montville Police said an officer’s duty firearm discharged spontaneously during the arrest of a suspect in the lobby of police headquarters on Monday, July 24, 2023. This footage shows the incident from two angles. The video has no sound.

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[FierceMouse]

Police: Drop your weapon!
Bad guy: It's a Sig
Police: Set your weapon down carefully!

[operhtr]

So it's fine when Holosun does shake awake, but SIG does it and everyone loses their minds.

[WendzDarKnight]

For anyone wondering, the officer was issued a Sig Sauer P320.

[cheemsg.i.]

"Guns don't kill people, people kill people"

SIG P320:Hold my bullet

[AcidRefluxTrip]

How do you turn a SIG 320 into a machine pistol? Toss it down a flight of stairs.

[mynameisjeff]

QUICK EVERYONE! GIVE SIG ANOTHER GOVERNMENT CONTRACT

[flyontop]

The perfect gun for appendix carry… 🤦‍♂️

[vlogfriendsutopia]

It's so reliable that it goes off even when the trigger isn't pulled.

[me]

That cop is an awful shot. 8 people in that room and he didn't hit any of them.

[rileyfrench]

These 320s are the ghost guns they warned us about

[Sedrom]

i genuinely wouldn't believe it if i didn't see it on video

[marcusinfestus]

Gons don't just go off on thier own.
Sig: "Hold my beer."

[koalar]

They must have not vacuumed the front area often causing the dust in the air to get clogged and consequently the trigger to be pulled. This is just piss poor officer training not to dust his level 3 holster often enough ~ Sig Fanboy

[jacobseraphin]

Remember, this is the gun that was chosen over the Glock 19x by our military 😂😂😂

[jasonk]

I love the people who deny that sig is known for this problem. Whats the excuse now?

[matthewkinsey]

Sold my M17 P320 and got a Shadow Systems MR920.
Couldn't be happier

[golfnerd]

Who would want a p320 when the p226 exists 🤔

[rylor]

That's just a feature on the 320. Nothing to worry about

[freeradical]

Imagine if he was carrying appendix 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Randoverse]

Never seen someone draw a gun so quickly yet miss so badly!