{"id":175972,"date":"2025-11-06T10:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=175972"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:51:28","slug":"it-just-went-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=175972","title":{"rendered":"It “Just went off!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSig Sauer M18<\/em><\/p>\n

What Really Happened With That SIG M18 at FE Warren Air Force Base<\/h3>\n

By Dan Zimmerman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two airmen at a Wyoming U.S. Air Force base have pleaded guilty to making false statements about the deadly shooting of a third that prompted the suspension of Sig Sauer M18 pistol use at nuclear weapons sites for a month, the Air Force said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n

The gun pause by the Air Force Global Strike Command after the death of Brayden Lovan, 21, in late July was lifted in late August after Air Force officials determined the M18 was safe to carry.<\/p>\n

Lovan was an airman with the 90th Security Forces Squadron, 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base outside Cheyenne.<\/p>\n

Details about his death were released for the first time Friday, including that the alleged shooter, Marcus White-Allen, had pointed the gun at Lovan\u2019s chest in a \u201cjoking manner.\u201d White-Allen after the shooting allegedly urged the other two surviving airmen to lie about what happened, according to the statement. \u2026<\/p>\n

White-Allen allegedly told [Airman Sarbjot] Badesha, \u201cHere\u2019s the story. Tell them that I slammed my duty belt on the desk and it went off.\u201d White-Allen allegedly told Rodriguez to tell emergency responders that White-Allen\u2019s \u201cholster went off,\u201d according to the statement.<\/p>\n

Neither airman initially reported that information, leading investigators to believe at first that White-Allen\u2019s M18 accidentally discharged, according to the statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shooting News Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sig Sauer M18 is a military variant of the P320 handgun, adopted by the U.S. military in 2017. It has been subject to scrutiny due to multiple allegations of unintentional discharges, with some incidents reported where the firearm discharged without any trigger manipulation. A lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court in Concord, New Hampshire, claims there have been over 100 incidents of the P320 pistol unintentionally discharging when the user believed they did not pull the trigger.<\/p>\n

Sig Sauer has consistently denied these allegations, asserting that the P320 cannot discharge without a trigger pull. The Air Force has reinstated the firearm for service. Hat tip to our own Graybeard for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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