Some Washington police agencies are dumping their handguns after the state academy that trains police officers said the guns were unsafe for recruits. Hundreds of those controversial firearms – Sig Sauer model P320 – could end up back in the marketplace potentially for sale to citizens, KING 5 Investigators have learned. The P320 has faced accusations by law agencies across the country, including Washington state, that it can fire without a trigger pull. Some officers have been seriously injured in dozens of reported incidents, but none in Washington. Several departments that issue the pistol to officers are now transitioning to a new brand of firearm. In reviewing public records related to those purchases, KING 5 learned that some agencies are saving money by trading their P320s to the firearms dealer for a discount on the new guns. Some of those same agencies have internally investigated shootings where there was concern the P320 fired on its own. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/investigators/banned-police-guns-could-end-up-in-the-hands-of-civilians-sig-sauer-p320-washington/281-8f136a3a-7d60-4b18-b410-a806b69a73fe