Tampa cop sues firearms manufacturer, alleging gun fired by itself.
Bob Northrop, a 30-year Tampa Police veteran who has been a reserve officer since 2002, said that last February his firearm
discharged when he tried to attach a set of keys to his service belt. He was patrolling a local high school during baseball
and softball games when the weapon went off. The bullet fractured his leg and ankle. Northrop is suing Sig Sauer, the gun
manufacturer that created the estimated 500,000 Sig P320 handguns held by police and civilians alike. WFTS in Tampa
reports that since 2019, there have been dozens of incidents of that model handgun discharging without anyone pulling the
trigger. In 2017, the company launched a voluntary upgrade program after an officer in Connecticut was shot when he
dropped his gun. Northrop received one of those upgraded guns, getting a new weapon in April 2019. “Basically, all that they
had said was that there had been a problem with the Sig P320, but that it was related to drop,” he said. “And they assured us that that had been repaired.”
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Remember. Guns Don't Shoot People. (or do they?)
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