Congratulations to my fellow 2024 @ASME1963 "Reporting" nominees. Humbled to be recognized alongside @lkirchner @HeidilBlake @lomikriel @LChurchilll @jinitzail @champebarton @TomJackmanWP

Congratulations to @champebarton, a terrific colleague and reporter!

@champebarton I show in this video how my P320's striker safety lock tab gets stuck and doesn't reset like it's supposed to, due to overall poor manufacturing quality. The gun is mostly plastic and the stamped metal striker safety is wiggly and feels chintzy. Scary @sigsauerinc

By "wiggly" I mean, when the wearer walks or sits/stands, the gun shifts slightly in the holster, compressing the slide & moving the striker relative to the seer. It could eventually work free—especially if any debris fell in that little gap while worn. The tolerances seem lax.

Almost a year ago now, I spotted a crop of lawsuits filed against the gunmaker SIG Sauer from people who claimed the company’s flagship pistol — the P320 — had fired on them when they didn’t pull its trigger. Some of the injuries were gruesome.

like @joysharonyi and her video squad, who produced a moving documentary to accompany the story, or @brianrmonroe who animated a highly technical graphic of the internal operation of the pistol. The story is clearer, sharper, and more compelling for their contributions.

it took me 25 years but i’m finally coming to terms with the fact that i may not be the most beautiful girl in the world

recognition from a legacy blue check is good enough , sir