Glock Book Chronicles A History Of America's Gun

[Twisted Titan]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/01/11/americas-gun-history_n_1196525.html

One year ago, on January 8, 2011, a young man opened fire on an unsuspecting crowd at a political gathering in a suburban Tucson, Ariz., shopping mall. The gunman used a Glock 19 pistol. Six people died; 13 others were wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. One of the more remarkable facts to emerge from this horrible event was that Giffords also owned a Glock 19.

Invented just 30 years ago by an obscure Austrian curtain-rod manufacturer with little firearm experience, the Glock semiautomatic pistol has become in every sense America's gun. My book, "Glock: The Rise of America's Gun" (Crown, $26.00) outlines the history of the weapon. It is preferred by more U.S. police officers than any other sidearm. It stars in Hollywood movies, television cop shows, true-crime novels, and deadly serious op-ed essays. And it turns up in the hands of mass killers: in Tucson, at Virginia Tech, in Killeen, Texas.

[Twisted Titan]

Comments are all over the place

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/comments/1196525/fp/22/

[mick silver]

i know a few cops and they dont like the glock they have to use it because thats what there department tells them to carry . i know you like glocks but i like ruger better because of the safety factor

[midnight rambler]

i know a few cops and they dont like the glock they have to use it because thats what there department tells them to carry . i know you like glocks but i like ruger better because of the safety factor

Glocks are absolutely the safest action in an auto pistol out there - so long as you don't pull the trigger.

[ximmy]

http://gifsoup.com/view2/1918021/cop-shoots-his-own-foot-o.gif

[osoab]

You going Ponce on us TT? ;D

You posted this one at 12:49


http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?58019-Glock-Book-Chronicles-A-History-Of-America-s-Gun

[chad]

beretta 92 for me.

[EE_]

I've gone through many handguns in my life, big guns, little guns and pretty guns.
At this point in time, I see guns as tools. The Glock is one of the best damn tools in the box for all the following reasons, function, realibility, simplicity, durability, quality, weight, ammo capacity, accuracy, shooting life, lack of external safety, low bore axis, maintenance, availability of parts, and price.
The Glock meets of exceeds all of these.
Yeah, there are as good as or nicer firearms and prettier, as long as you don't mind beating up a $1,000 + handgun?

[BrewTech]

I've gone through many handguns in my life, big guns, little guns and pretty guns.
At this point in time, I see guns as tools. The Glock is one of the best damn tools in the box for all the following reasons, function, realibility, simplicity, durability, quality, weight, ammo capacity, accuracy, shooting life, lack of external safety, low bore axis, maintenance, availability of parts, and price.
The Glock meets of exceeds all of these.
Yeah, there are as good as or nicer firearms and prettier, as long as you don't mind beating up a $1,000 + handgun?

I liked the pistol you had at Doooom. Been nice to shoot my XD at the same time for comparison... had I not forgotten the damn mags - LOL.

[Twisted Titan]

Can any body else out there make a similiar claim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj5Kcs4dzro&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

No point in paying over 1G for a killin' tool of you don't have to.

I happen t be very fond of them. I collect the .45's and 9mm's, carry both. (oh did I mention my TX CHL expired and I have yet to renew it?) ;D

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

Can any body else out there make a similiar claim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj5Kcs4dzro&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Not that I am aware of.

That's why I got into them.