There are several issues to consider in these types of thread;
- Getting information from anyone with a preconceived bias.
- Not digging for full information.
- Not following up on the conclusion of an incident.
- Failure to see the bigger picture.
First, there are some that look at the information through bias-colored lenses. They approach this information with a preconceived idea already formed and then try to stretch the facts to back up that preconceived idea while ignoring information that doesn't fit that preconceived idea. You can see that on the various YT influencer videos that are presented here as 'proof' while ignoring that the influencer wasn't vetted, the material they present wasn't vetted and they have a financial interest in getting clicks and subs. At least some were honest about it i.e. the young guy with 19k subscribers admitting he wants to get to 100k subs by the end of this year because of financial compensation.
Secondly and third fit together, many don't want to do their due diligence in looking at all the information beyond what the 'journalist' has offered. For example, the article on the SRO in Pasco who's pistol discharged in a cafeteria full of middle school kids. I read several articles on that when it happened and have linked to them in other P320 threads. If you just read the article you come away with the inescapable conclusion that the P320 is a ticking time bomb just waiting to be bumped the wrong way. And unfortunately the 'where there's smoke there's fire' crowd doesn't bother to look further to verify the veracity of the article. If they did, or it they waited for the conclusion of the investigation (which was conducted by the Pasco SO, FDLE and Sig) they would have learned that much of what was in the original articles was, at best, slanted towards a specific POV and at worst outright fabrication on key details. The actual conclusion? The SRO was caught on camera playing with the pistol in and out of the holster, admitted he lied about the details of the discharge, admitted it was a bad habit and was terminated as a result.
This is important and can't be stressed enough. I see a few here and on other forums that are in the 'skim the headline' crowd or the 'where there is smoke' crowd that don't follow up or dig deeper and take everything the 'media' shovels as factual and honest. And then the regurgitate what is basically fake news. The facts in this incident were that it was user error, mishandling and dishonest and the pistol was not the issue in any way.
The same thing with any agency that doesn't publish the results of a full investigation (regardless of what the investigation was about). Some here have gone on and on about Montville as if it is their smoking gun. They tout that the investigation revealed it was user-error and no FOD was found. That's odd, because the 'investiagation' was never made public...if they indeed actually had an investigation. And if they did have an investigation it would have been the most Mickey Mouse investigation I've every seen in 30 years. The Pasco incident took several months, lots of interviews, lots of testng by multiple entites to arrive a a definitive conclusion. The Montville 'investigation' took less that 3 days (if it even happened), no other entities were allowed to examine the pistol or scene or speak with the Officer and the results were never made public. So if you see any one claiming that Montville demonstrated there was no user-error and no FOD found...ask them how they know and then ask the to prove it. I have in several of these threads and the quesiton is always avoided. No different than the few that post that they 'know' the pistol has an issue but when asked to be specific on what that issue is, and how did they prove it...they leave the thread. Come to your own conclusion.
Lastly, the bigger picture. Most here and on other firearm forums are aware of the agenda of the bulk of the MSM. When you read through articles you start to see a pattern i.e. they are going off the same script of information and the non-reporting of specific information. It is simply folly to think you are getting the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth from anti-2A journalism. Anything offered as 'factual' information needs to be challenged to see if it stands up to scrutiny.
In conclusion, it is up to the reader to come to their own conclusions. The #1 question on this topic has been answered, multiple times, in multiple incidents by multiple professional agencies. That question is; has any qualified expert in an official investigation and/or court case that has examined a post-upgrade P320 involved in a ND incident ever demonstrated that it was capable of discharging without the trigger being depressed? The answer has always been 'no'. A few have tossed out that there may be information, somewhere, someplace by someone that has made a post-upgrade P320 discharge without the trigger being pulled (not counting the idiot that disassembled the slide and stuck a screwdriver inside and was pressing on things. Particularly since it's not know how else the pistol was altered or the veracity of the YT video).
Some will stick with factual information from trusted sources until/unless additional information comes to light that alters their POV. Some will stick with speculation because they have a bias and want the P320 to be unsafe to support their bias. Again, it's up to the reader to come to their own conclusion.
