"Gangsta Glocks"

[jester_s1]

Glock did an outstanding marketing job through the late '80's through the '90's touting their product as a magic gun. That gets it into the minds of the "wannabe" crowd. And they were the first truly reliable auto that could be abused and keep running. They are popular with both gangs and cops because they work so well, getting them into the minds of the "actually are" crowd.

 

[Dimis]

hmmm multi million dollar rappers who cant aford $600 guns um i think i found a plot hole lol

seriously tho the blackamrket stolen guns go for cheap like mentioned before and i think alot of people are forgetting the ones that really are "gangsta" are usualy drug dealers too and thats big business in the inner cities so even the $600 retail isnt an issue for these ghetto rich drug dealing gang bangers
just because there gangsta doesnt mean there stupid (how do you think they get away with alot of what they do) so they do buy quality pieces such as glock or dare i say it SIGS
then theres the over glorified ghetto banger the Deagle 50

 

[steveracer]

Floppy D just about made my spit scrambled eggs all over myself.
In my neighborhood, there are a lot of retired, auctioned police cars with 22" spinners on them, yo. It makes them look dope.
Glocks are everywhere. They are cheap, easy to find, and like has been said, all the cops have them, so they must be good, right?

 

[Baneblade]

I agree that they have been glamorized by the media as the holy grail of pistols. I have never pulled a glock off of a criminal, it is usually something that would be considered a saturday night special.

A couple of years ago I bought a hi-point 9mm because it was the most common gun I was pulling off of criminals. I wanted to see how well it worked.

 

[ijosef]

I live in Manhattan New York, Harlem to be exact and yes Glocks are used often.. because black market dealers sell them for much cheaper then 600cash.

I've even heard my friend buy one for 225$

I've had people call BS on my claims before, and while it's true that I can't verify them 100%, guns are cheap on the street. I work in a maximum security prison and have plenty of conversations with inmates, half of which are gangbangers. While they lie about plenty of things, some things they don't need to BS about.

One guy (he wasn't a banger) told me he bought a Smith & Wesson 500 XVR for fifty bucks from a friend just a couple months before he came inside. The friend was hard up for money and was jonesing for some smack.

Another guy saw that I had an AK-47 background on my computer screen (we use 'em for database purposed and report writing). He said 'nice gun,' so I asked him if he ever used one. He said he'd fired one a couple times. Of course, he meant full auto.

I was watching "Gangland" on the History Channel one night, and it showed Gangster Disciple members shooting off guns as a New Year's celebration in the (now defunct/bulldozed) Cabrini Green housing project. The next day I asked an older GD who was from Chicago if that really happened. He looked at me like I was retarded and said "Of course. I remember shooting an AK-47 in the air at 3 in the afternoon."

Guns can be had for next to nothing on the street if you've got the right connections. Of course, the type of live you'd have to lead and the company you'd have to keep would far outweigh the costs of legally buying guns at even inflated gunbroker dot com prices. However, if you're a dirtbag and don't mind buying illegal and stolen firearms that were most likely used in homicides and other crimes, you can get them cheap.

 

[trickyasafox]

just because someone doesn't have what we consider a 'traditional' education or work a 9-5 legally- doesn't in any way mean they are stupid or operating on limited means.

Many people who operate in black and gray markets are very bright and savvy at the things they do. From cooking Meth in rural America to dealing Coke and Rock in suburbs and urban areas.

These guys are cash only businesses and see more of it in a month than a lot of us gross before taxes in a year. We can't apply our standards to their system- it just doesn't work. expensive is a relative term.

My guess is that Glocks are popular for three reasons:
1st- to non-gun people, any all black polymer like pistol probably gets called a glock.
2nd- like glocks or not, its tough to argue they aren't a reliable, durable handgun.
3rd- Regardless of media exposure- glocks have real world exposure. People have touched on how prolific they are with police departments.

a final thought: guns probably sell cheap on the street because of the high cost of keeping them around. If your moving guns illegally, I'm sure its in your best interest to unload them as quickly as possible (even if that means at a lower price) rather than risk being caught with them.

 

[RedLion]

I've heard a few other names thrown in, like .38 snub, Fo-Fo, AR-15, Uzi, HK, AKs, Berettas, and probably a few others. I think Glocks are the most popular because they rhyme and because everyone who's anyone knows what a glock is. Same reason every G rides in a Six Fo Impala.

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

I look back on the history, the price tag, the service record, and the average user base of Glock handguns and you generally see nothing but a long line of service use or CCW use by legit civilians that couldn't be further from the thug mold. When I think of a ghetto gun a hi-point usually comes to mind. I just see no reason why a gun that is no different from the other polymer guns gets referenced so much as being "Gangsta" so my question is:

How in the world did a $600 service pistol get turned into a glorified "gangsta" gun? I mean are they REALLY used on the street in gang crime that much?

There's tons of really nice cars in rap videos, too. Drive through a shady part of a large city and how many of those cars do you actually see? It has nothing to do with reality, and everything to do with image.

 

[steveracer]

Where I live, the really nice cars are parked in front of really crappy apartments. Gotta have the blingin cars, even if you can't afford a house.
Same with Glocks.

 

[General Geoff]

Glocks and Deagles, yo. Glocks and Deagles.

 

[HippieMagic]

lol I remember a friend of mine not listening to my advice when I told him that a gun should only be fired like it is intended and NOT like a "gangsta" he asked why and my reply was "You just shouldn't do it..." so the next day I see him and there is a strange blister/red mark on his forehead... I didn't even need to ask....

I simply said "You shot it gangsta didn't you..." his reply was "yes... those shell casings are really hot..."

 

[Mike J]

Back around the mid 90's we were parking in a pay lot in downtown Atlanta close to the jobsite. I guess after parking there so long the attendant decided I was alright-He tried to sell me a Glock really cheap. Said it was coming straight from a warehouse (I'm not sure whose). I told him I wasn't interested.
I doubt gangsters are paying 600 dollars for handguns. I believe they are buying them dirt cheap because they are stolen. If you are involved in illicit activity it isn't like you would want a paper trail to you on it anyway.

 

[NG VI]

Glock rhymes with another word that often appears in rap music.

Block?

If they have any sense its because they run well dirty as they never clean them.Same for Mossberg pumps. I have never seen a "street" Glock around here but its starting to become a common misconception in the hood that any black automatic is a Glock, but it usually turns out to be a lorcin,jennings,hi-point,bryco,ect.

Funny you say that, I always question anyone I know who I know or suspect isn't gun savvy, after my old roommate's sister came home after living in vegas for some years, she said she had a "Glock", I looked at it and it was clearly labeled "Bryco 59". I tried to explain the difference to her but she was adamant that it was a Glock. Can't beat stupid I guess.

 

[Jason_G]

Funny you say that, I always question anyone I know who I know or suspect isn't gun savvy, after my old roommate's sister came home after living in vegas for some years, she said she had a "Glock", I looked at it and it was clearly labeled "Bryco 59". I tried to explain the difference to her but she was adamant that it was a Glock. Can't beat stupid I guess.

I used to teach high school physical science at a school with lots of "thugs in training", and when we got to our unit on projectile motion I showed a video of some ballistics experts using physics to recreate a crime scene. One was test firing a 1911 to try to match a bullet to the gun, and all my young male kids were saying "ooh look at dat Glock! I wants one o dem" I couldn't resist it, and I told them "that's a Colt." One got downright belligerent, insisting that it was a Glock. He argued "naw, if you shoots it once and you aint gotsta cock it again, it's a Glock" Of course, I let it go at that.

I think the real reason you see them talked up so much by these characters is that it takes no brains to make it go bang. A trigger and that's it. They actually have enough brains to make it go off. Now aimed fire on the other hand is a different story. I have a somewhat controversial take on it:

I think we should all teach the thugs how to turn their Glocks right side up, and actually aim. That way they can kill each other off, and there will be no more innocent bystanders.

Jason

 

[AgentAdam]

Pop goes the Glock. The Glock goes pop. I got a sock full of rocks.

and by 'rocks" they don't mean little pebbles

 

[lanternlad1]

I think we should all teach the thugs how to turn their Glocks right side up, and actually aim. That way they can kill each other off, and there will be no more innocent bystanders.

I was at a range with a friend, and saw a gangbanger wannabe shooting his gun sideways. I asked my friend if he thought we should give him some proper instruction. He said, "No. Let him keep learning the wrong way. It'll help when the cops go to arrest him and he can't hit a darn thing shooting at them like that."

Just then, the G fired a shot, and the ejected casing hit him right in the eye. He screamed and dropped his gun. Luckily, it WAS a Glock, so it didn't go off. His friend picked it up and they left. I heard them ask the RO where the closest hospital was.

Don't think he'll do that again.

 

[indoorsoccerfrea]

Just then, the G fired a shot, and the ejected casing hit him right in the eye. He screamed and dropped his gun. Luckily, it WAS a Glock, so it didn't go off. His friend picked it up and they left. I heard them ask the RO where the closest hospital was.

hahaha stop it, you made me mess up my keyboard.

glocks are idolized because thugs don't police. police are the ones who "victimize" (sarcasm) the thugs. if i got beat up by someone with a certain item, over time psychologically i would want that item, feeling it would give me the same power. just my take.

 

[colorado_handgunner]

I think we should all teach the thugs how to turn their Glocks right side up, and actually aim. That way they can kill each other off, and there will be no more innocent bystanders.

I like that idea!

 

[MCgunner]

They make sights for gangsta Glocks?....

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Glock does seem to be becoming a genericized trademark for any autoloading handgun.

 

[HippieMagic]

Can you pistol whip someone with a glock? I am just curious... it seems like it would have the same effect as smacking them with a fisher price toy... I can't say I have ever actually cared enough to look much into it but with a mostly poly magazine and a poly frame it just doesnt seem like it would have much more effect that a whiffle bat you the head lol.

 

[kyo]

glocks are cheap on the street because of the sheer volume. thats why you can't sell them for anything either. If glock decided to stop manufacturing for a bit then you would see glocks going for over 1k easy.
The easy access to a high capacity cheap weapons is ridiculous. Oh well let them all kill each other

 

[greywalker]

I watched a documentary on Kosovo the other month, and there, all rifles are called kalashnikovs.... bolt action, SKS, does not matter, its a kalashnikov.....cultural meme , just like the glock in this case.....

 

[Rockwell1]

it just doesnt seem like it would have much more effect that a whiffle bat you the head lol.

I've had my nose broken with a Whiffle bat

 

[cjw3cma]

glocks are cheap on the street because of the sheer volume.

They're cheap on the street because it's the same few guns sold / used / tossed or stolen / re-sold / used / stolen / re-sold.

They do lose there street value when there's blood history on them.