Originally Posted by WillCAD

If this particular agent was carrying his issued P229, I cannot fathom how he accidentally pulled a 10-pound double-action trigger by grabbing at it as it fell out of his holster (a weapon accidentally falling out of a holster in the first place is a debacle in itself). The weapon weighs 34oz (2 1/8lb) with magazine, probably less than 3lb fully loaded, so there is no way in hell that the weight of the weapon alone pulled the trigger; he had to have applied 10 pounds of pressure to the trigger with his finger.