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Glock: America's Gun (Bloomberg - Business Week)

Postby ElectricalEngineer on Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:12 am

"How Austria's Glock became the weapon of choice for U.S. cops, Second Amendment enthusiasts, and mass killers like the alleged Tucson gunman Jared Loughner"

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/co ... 185280.htm
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Re: Glock: America's Gun (Bloomberg - Business Week)

Postby xd ED on Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:29 am

ElectricalEngineer wrote:"How Austria's Glock became the weapon of choice for U.S. cops, Second Amendment enthusiasts, and mass killers like the alleged Tucson gunman Jared Loughner"

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/co ... 185280.htm


I didn't read the entire article, so I might have missed the part reliving all the predictions that the then newly introduced plastic gun would be the weapon of choice for airline high-jackers, as it would be undetectable by security....
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Re: Glock: America's Gun (Bloomberg - Business Week)

Postby DanM on Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:53 am

xd ED wrote:I didn't read the entire article, so I might have missed the part reliving all the predictions that the then newly introduced plastic gun would be the weapon of choice for airline high-jackers, as it would be undetectable by security....


Not to worry, your TSA has you covered. Er, well not exactly covered - but they do have that new-fangled body scanner that detects all those sorts of things. You know, all sorts of things. :oops: So no worries, right? :roll:
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