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59. Or they are the most popular issued firearm

Sun Mar 24, 2024, 12:46 AM

Mar 24

For most law enforcement agencies including federal agencies. The City of Chicago has a contract itself with Glock for its police department.

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Chicago suing gunmaker Glock for selling easily convertible weapons [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 19 OP

Hope the suit is successful. If we don't have guts to take guns off the streets, Silent Type Mar 19 #1

Yet another attempt to blame gun manufacturers TexasDem69 Mar 19 #2

"so why blame Glock" BumRushDaShow Mar 19 #3

So someone illegally modified a Glock TexasDem69 Mar 19 #4

The point being that they can design some kind of "defeat" BumRushDaShow Mar 19 #5

Agreed that there might be some sort of fix TexasDem69 Mar 19 #6

If this suit can force them to make some simple design changes as a compromise BumRushDaShow Mar 19 #7

Everything can be hackable. The Grand Illuminist Mar 19 #8

Sure but to add deterrants that make it harder to do should not be ruled out BumRushDaShow Mar 20 #10

It's a solution in search of a problem Zeitghost Mar 20 #14

"Automatic gunfire is essentially useless in a pistol" BumRushDaShow Mar 20 #16

The difference in the time Zeitghost Mar 20 #17

"Full auto is for suppressive fire in combat situations, not for taking out individual targets." BumRushDaShow Mar 20 #19

I agree they don't need to be in civilian hands Zeitghost Mar 20 #20

"spray and pray full auto is not what is driving gun violence in Chicago or anywhere else" BumRushDaShow Mar 20 #21

The firearms in question Zeitghost Mar 21 #22

"The firearms in question Are perfectly capable of inflicting harm without modifications" BumRushDaShow Mar 21 #23

How does it maximize damage? Zeitghost Mar 21 #24

"How does it maximize damage?" BumRushDaShow Mar 21 #25

Apples and Oranges Zeitghost Mar 21 #26

No it's not. BumRushDaShow Mar 21 #27

The OP is about illegally modified pistols Zeitghost Mar 21 #30

The suing of the gun companies is a "new tactic" BumRushDaShow Mar 21 #31

With aimed fire ... Straw Man Mar 22 #33

"With aimed fire ...the Vegas shooter could have killed far more people in those 11 minutes" BumRushDaShow Mar 22 #38

So your contention ... Straw Man Mar 22 #40

"So your contention... is that fewer injuries but more deaths is preferable to more injuries but fewer deaths?" BumRushDaShow Mar 22 #42

Attractive nuisances. Straw Man Mar 23 #47

*Whoosh* BumRushDaShow Mar 23 #49

Whoosh-whoosh ... Straw Man Mar 23 #50

It's simply breathtaking to see the amount of time and effort BumRushDaShow Mar 23 #51

And it's equally breathtaking ... Straw Man Mar 23 #54

Gun fetish on display. BumRushDaShow Mar 23 #55

Another rhetorical "Nyah-nyah"? Straw Man Mar 23 #57

Dupe. Straw Man Mar 23 #48

Factors. Straw Man Mar 21 #28

"This is not a tactic that street criminals would find useful in any way." BumRushDaShow Mar 21 #29

You missed both points. Straw Man Mar 22 #32

"the "Glock switch" does little or nothing to increase the pistol's lethality." BumRushDaShow Mar 22 #37

Please explain where I have erred. Straw Man Mar 22 #41

Then I will repeat what I wrote BumRushDaShow Mar 22 #43

Yeah, I saw that. Straw Man Mar 22 #44

You just proved my point. BumRushDaShow Mar 22 #45

How? Straw Man Mar 23 #46

Oh you are correct about that DVRacer Mar 24 #58

Hopefully the ones that committed that crime will get life without parole. cstanleytech Mar 22 #36

I just heard on the news this morning BumRushDaShow Mar 22 #39

If by "these fucking things need to be taken off the streets" Barry Markson Mar 23 #52

5 suspects (and their weapons) BumRushDaShow Mar 23 #53

Excellent Barry Markson Mar 23 #56

That is what we have been doing and it, well, has failed. Isn't thiis a right wing arguing point? twodogsbarking Mar 20 #12

Let's be clear - these aren't guns used for sport or deer hunting FakeNoose Mar 19 #9

What laws are they skirting? Zeitghost Mar 20 #18

Or they are the most popular issued firearm DVRacer Mar 24 #59

We need extensive gun control, desperately. We are not going to get it. twodogsbarking Mar 20 #11

There's no appetite for it, it seems NickB79 Mar 20 #13

Won't happen anytime if at all unfortunately cstanleytech Mar 22 #35

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 20 #15

Probably won't survive a SCOTUS challenge assuming it even gets that far. cstanleytech Mar 22 #34