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Texas Ranger sues Austin-area gunmaker over 'severe' injuries after pistol misfires

Bradley Freeman alleges his Staccato P pistol, which was issued by the Texas Rangers, "inexplicably discharged multiple times in rapid succession."

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Bradley Freeman suffered hand injuries when his Staccato P pistol "inexplicably discharged multiple times in rapid succession without any manipulation and/or pressing of … (the) trigger” at his home, he says in court documents.

With no real detail, I'm going to start the speculation off with he's trying to use the recent p320 litigation traction to get out of a potential career ending mistake.

So it just went full auto at home when you weren't even playing with it, huh? I'm going to need a little more detail to leap that canyon.

 

How can that happen? Multiple parts would have to malfunction at the same time… Not happening!

 

How can that happen?

I read that, unique to the 2011s, loosening of connection between the grip and frame can lead to something like that. Don't know if true. On emotional level I always thought that a duty grade gun held together by three small screws that must have a threadlocker on was a joke. Maybe after a couple of dozen of additional opinions about merits of this case we can get someone to provide a technical insight.

 

 

There were "safer alternative designs" for the pistol that "would have prevented or significantly reduced the risk of injury," he said.

"Said designs include, at a minimum, but are not limited to, designing a (trigger mechanism) … that is not overly and unreasonably prone to acquiring buildup so that it can fulfill its proper function - locking the subject firearm's hammer in place such that multiple, rapid fire discharges would not be possible without manipulation of the … trigger component," Freeman added.

Buildup? He never inspected/cleaned his weapon?

 

Yeah, and probably was fond snapping the slide shut on an empty chamber and eventually the hammer and sear said NO!

 

I wonder if I can still sue Kahr Arms?

When I first got their PM9 about 15 years ago, my hand was too high up and the slide kept biting the web on my dominant hand until I finally learn to adjust my grip automatically before pulling the trigger on the second or third range outing with it. Boy did it hurt when the slide kept biting the web in the same place. Pain and suffering? A million dollar claim! Nah... never mind.

 

Let me know if you are able to get traction on that I have a Walther PPK that does that also. It’s obviously a design flaw with serious safety implications.😂😂😂

 

“He seeks more than $1 million in damages.”

You know, a couple of these and I understand why companies, especially gun companies, have to say enough is enough.

 

Impossible, it has a manual safety.

 

I'm leaning towards Forest's answer, stupid is as stupid does. If the gun happened to ship with a bad trigger job that should be something that has already surfaced in practice, not monkey f'n it at home. Interesting to get the real details of this.

 

I think this sue-happy stuff is now going around in the gun community like the common cold. And yes I think its a contagion coming off of that... umph320.

There has always been a small number of gun related injuries... its just part of the risk of gun ownership, simple negligence, human error and just poor training.

But now... people are looking to cash in on a lotto prize.

 

So I read the article... I'll just say that it's too early in story for me to formulate an opinion. Lots of conjecture at this point but hopefully discovery will provide some more clarity/details on what exactly occurred and then I'll go from there.

-LD

 

Texas Rangers are being issued Staccato pistols as service handguns? Shoukd have stayed with Colt.

 

To be fair-

Chuck Norris himself might have endorsed Staccato recently and if so what choice would the Texas Rangers have? Apologies for my sense of humor but I simply cannot hear "Texas Rangers" without thinking the character "Walker" played by Chuck Norris.

I'll see myself out now...

 

No experience with Staccato pistols, but I used an STI for many years in competition. I shot 6 - 10,000 rounds annually. I won't say the gun was flawless throughout, but it never went full auto.

 

I'm beginning to think that firearms are inherently dangerous and end users need to exercise care.

 

Something else I garnered from the article. This guy is no stranger to the court system as he was found in contempt a few years back. Something just seems off about this whole thing.

 

How can this happen? “inexplicably discharged multiple times in rapid succession without any manipulation and/or pressing of … (the) trigger” at his home, he says in court documents.

Darn, the one shot of the P320 pales in comparison.

 

"Inexplicably"?

Sounds like baloney.

That sort of malfunction and its root cause in his Stacato should be easily verifiable by duplication of the failure; unless his pistol healed itself of any and all mechanical defects.