The US Second Amendment and Protesting

[Ninurta]

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As he is turning away, the firearm discharges (accidentally/incidentally), as evidenced by the sudden change of angle of the right arm (and the immediate 'jump' of an officer nearest where the firearm discharged)...(other angle/s show the impact of the bullet in the street, as well).

As soon as the grey-coated officer yelled "Gun...", other officers began reaching for their sidearms... When Pretti's gun discharged, the other officers responded...most (maybe all) of them Not seeing that the "Gun" had already been removed.

And, they responded, I presume, out of fear, desperation, and then, rage.

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You may be right. As I noted above, it sounded to me like shots from two different guns. I had not considered a negligent discharge from the shooter's own gun, and presumed it to be two different Federal agents shooting, which may be an error on my part.

Grace told me yesterday that the guy's gun was a Sig, but even then I didn't make the connection. After reading your post, I asked her if it was a Sig P320 by any chance, and she said yes it was, how did I know the model?

Folks who try to keep current on firearms already know that the Sig P320 is currently the most dangerous pistol on Earth... to it's own users, and any innocent bystanders. There is an engineering flaw in them that causes negligent discharges pretty regularly. Lots of folks, trying to protect Sig Sauer I reckon, are calling them "unintentional" or "uncommanded" (the latter of which I think is a whole new word coined just to cover Sig's ass) discharges, but I'm calling it like I see it - negligence, on the part of the manufacturer. Those guns go off apparently at random, with no finger anywhere near their trigger.

Of course, the US military has chosen that piece of crap as their next sidearm, and Sig is desperately trying to defend their dangerous chunk of metal so as not to lose that contract. One airman has already been killed by his own pistol, doing pretty much nothing with it at all but carrying it, holstered, and having the audacity to sit down while wearing it..

Personally, I stay away from all striker fired pistols. If it's a semi-auto pistol, and it ain't got both an external hammer and a manual safety, then i don't need it, because there are not enough controls there to make it a safe gun. But, that's just me. Your mileage may vary..

So, that would wrap it up nicely. The guy shouldn't have been there to begin with, and if he just had to be there he should not have interfered with law enforcement, and if he just had to do both of those, he shouldn't have been carrying a known knee-capper of a pistol. Making all three of those mistakes on the same day may have cost him dearly.

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