As of this month, the Royal Marines’ UK Commando Force (UKCF) has a new weapon in its arsenal: the German-made Sig Sauer MCX.

The gun allegedly used by Nathan Gingles in the Feb. 16 shootings of his estranged wife, his father-in-law and an uninvolved neighbor was one he owned and had previously surrendered to authorities ...

The Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy followed suit in selecting the Sig Sauer pistol as its duty weapon. The military’s version of the gun, known as the M17 and M18, has an external safety.

In a conference call with the training commission work group, Sig Sauer defended the P320 and denied the gun can fire on its own. “It cannot happen. That sequence of components in there and the ...

Sig Sauer has not responded to messages seeking comment. It has maintained the gun cannot be fired without the trigger being pulled. The WSCJTC does not know how many Washington police agencies ...