LAPD switches to glock and defies physics!!!

[Mastrogiacomo]

No matter what the gun, all firearms should be cleaned and lubed after shooting. I do this regardless of whether it looks like it's needed or not because to skip caring for your investment properly is just being lazy. Again, I personally love the Glock and the Beretta -- both are great guns and I don't have a problem with either. I think it's just lame though the excuses people invent simply because they prefer one over the other....

 

[Old Fuff]

Big city new reporters are a blast. This one, whose stupidity is only exceeded by ignorance, should be covering Mommy Marches. Obviously most of them have no idea which end the bullet comes out of, let alone what all those complicated numbers like “9†or “40†or “45†mean.

But then, most of they’re readers aren’t any more knowledgeable. It’s a sad commentary on our times.

 

[Tecolote]

How is it lame if it's a fact? Of course everyone should clean their sidearm after use but the fact is that not everyone does. Glocks will function longer with less care than will other designs. Because less and less LEOs have any interest in firearms Glock's ability to function dirty is a plus for people making the decisions to purchase Glocks for large agencies.

 

[Quartus]

a plus for people making the decisions to purchase Glocks for large agencies.

Oh, that folks who debate these issues would pay attention to this sentence!


For a public agency, be it civilian (local cops, FBI, whatever) or military, the decision must take into account a lot of things OTHER THAN which is the best fighting tool.

Frankly, they DO have to account for the idiot factor. AND they have to take PR into account. So what is the best decision FOR THEM may be very different from what is the best decision for you or me.



And that's even true when there are NO politics involved!

 

[joyadecarolina]

i wonder if that means mackie is gonna give up the 4506?

 

[.45Ruger]

If GLOCK's do beocme the standard sidearm what would they do with the old ones. SOme how I can't see the LAPD selling their old guns to the public.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Real advantage - for officers with smaller hands, the Glock 17 or 19 is easier to manage. Shooting scores may increase.

 

[varoadking]

what would they do with the old ones

Glock would "buy" them...

 

[Boats]

Actually Glocks are the perfect pistols for people who don't know much about, and don't care for their firearms.

They are the NOOB weapon of choice.

 

[Ian11]

And Glocks are also a popular choice among competition shooters and top law enforcement agencies/SWAT units across this country as well. Someone should tell them they're shooting the NOOB weapon of choice

Right, like field stripping a 1911 is such an advanced skill