Video - The Glock - America's Gun

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Dear PTMCCAIN,
I wnt to look at your video, that you produced in support of your argument that the Glock is "America's Gun". As an American disabled veteran of Vietnam, I understand that I must use 'self-editing tools' to exercise my right to free speech among ADULTS.
1. For the backstop of your video, you have enacted a very sincere INSULT among the American military crowd! How???? Your display items are: American GI web belt (tan color), with the following - Canvas magazine pouch for 1911 magazines tan; WW2 American GI helmet, leather 1911 military holster, M1 Garand Enbloc -loaded, USMC Kabar with USMC leather scabbard. All items are of military historical period PRIOR to the time of said Austrain named Glock.
2. Attempting to connect the nation of Austria, with anything American, is an anethema, a taboo, a no-no. Why? Austria shall ever be connected as the birthplace of a historical madman named Adolf Hitler.
3. Colt, Smith and Wesson have proven themselves, from the Colt Patterson and the S and W Schofield forward, for the title "America's Guns", more so than any other handgun out there, including Enfield or Webley, period.

 

[PTMCCAIN]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching the video.

 

[2ndamd]

A 5 second check of guns for safety is all that is needed. No lectures please.

 

[PTMCCAIN]

You'd be surprised, or not, what the safety nazis do to YouTube videos if you don't prove beyond any shadow of doubt that the gun is clear and safe, you can always skip ahead, so ... no lectures please.

But thanks for watching.

: )

 

[Manson]

Pulling a title from a book may not be the best idea. But America's gun contenders are the likes of the 1911 and a number of other historically important guns. Not with a 30 year history but with a 100 year history or longer.

But the whole title thing may be nitpicking. Maybe it's meant to describe "America's most popular gun." Maybe.

 

[PTMCCAIN]

It is scandalous, I know, to 1911 lovers to consider the simple fact that a Glock or any polymer pistol is easier to maintain and more reliable than a 1911, with less babying, particularly as consumer demand 1911s that have slide to frame specs that John Browning never imagined.

I say this as the very proud owner of three beautiful 1911 pistols.

 

[tarosean]

It is scandalous, I know, to 1911 lovers to consider the simple fact that a Glock or any polymer pistol is easier to maintain and more reliable than a 1911, with less babying, particularly as consumer demand 1911s that have slide to frame specs that John Browning never imagined.

I say this as the very proud owner of three beautiful 1911 pistols.

Then you would think you would have mentioned that Browning invented the .45ACP as well as the 1911 (per vid)

The book that you keep mentioning paints Glock in a poor light, IMO. Course thats probably why Barret was tossed from SHOT 2012...

It wouldn't exist for Austria's refusal to give a contract to a foreign company (with Styer submitting a turd), police corruption, freebies, buy backs. etc. etc.

The borderline illegal stuff is much more interesting than the actual gun.

Oh, and I also find it appalling with your backdrop. (and I own a Glock)

 

[PTMCCAIN]

Tarosean, thanks for your comment, obviously, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I respect that.

Now, to your comments...I'm amused you find the background "appalling."

As for the book painting GLOCK in a bad light, well, it depends. The pistol is painted in a very positive light, the Glock company? Not so much, but GLOCK brought that criticism on itself with its shady business practices and ethics.

I'm wondering actually if you have read the book.

As for what happened to Paul Barrett at SHOT Show 2012, let's let him explain:

Las Vegas, NV --(Ammoland.com)- In what might be an amusing first for the gun industry, I was both banned and widely praised at this year’s SHOT Show. Let me explain.

Crown has just published my book, GLOCK: The Rise of America’s Gun, a narrative history of the iconic semiauto pistol, its inventor, and the marketing phenomenon that revolutionized the U.S. firearm market. The book explains the unique appeal of the Glock as well as the corporate intrigue and controversy that have made the Glock company an object of fascination in gun circles (for example: the 1999 attempt on Gaston Glock’s life arranged by one of his own financial advisers).

Apparently, the executives at Glock Inc., the Smyrna, Ga., subsidiary of Glock GmbH are worried about the book’s look behind the scenes at the company. So Glock Inc. forced the National Shooting Sports Foundation to rescind my press credentials for the 2012 SHOT Show expo floor. Talk about disrespect for First Amendment free speech rights!

No matter. Using garden-variety reportorial techniques, I managed to make my way around SHOT Show, see all of my contacts in the industry, and find – much to my delight – that the book is being enthusiastically embraced.

The good folks at 5.11 Tactical invited me to participate in their terrific authors panel. Lone Wolf Distributors sold GLOCK: The Rise of America’s Gun from their booth on the floor. Keisler Law Enforcement asked me to sign a dozen copies they purchased, including one for industry legend Doug Keisler (thanks, Doug!). Jeff Cahill of Tango Down had the book at his company’s booth. Frank DiNuzzo, Glock Inc.’s former chief in-house trainer, was patroling the floor singing the praises of GLOCK: The Rise of America’s Gun, in which he is a character, of course. Ditto for Cameron Hopkins, the NRA “Industry Insider” blogger.
GLOCK - The Rise of America’s Gun

GLOCK - The Rise of America’s Gun

If GLOCK: The Rise of America’s Gun elicits kind words from the gun industry, it’s gotta make you wonder what the people in Smyrna are so worried about.

 

[JTQ]

PTMCCAIN wrote,
Thanks for all the feedback guys, and for watching the video. Just checked the watch count on the video on YouTube and it is over 1,100 views now and a good chunk of those views have come directly from "HighRoad.org"

I don't fully understand the commercial uses of YouTube, but since I do see an ad on your YouTube video, do you somehow get paid for the number of views to your video's?

If so, is this why out of your current 57 posts, 18 were used to start threads that link to a YouTube video you produced? Of the other two threads you started, one was an intro thread and the other was to sell brass. It almost seems as if you are using this forum to send members to your YouTube channel.

While I can appreciate the entrepreneurial spirit, it seems to me as if you are using your fellow THR members to make a buck.

 

[PTMCCAIN]

Oh, good grief. Really?

I enjoy making and sharing my videos. I spend a lot of time on them and get a lot of enjoyment out of sharing them and getting feedback, which, fortunately, on the whole, is positive.

Do I make a few dollars on them? Sure. I get whopping checks from Google for the enormous sum of $20 bucks or so a month. I happened to hit the lottery recently when one video I made was featured for couple days on YouTube's home page and in their trending video sections. A total fluke.

How about taking the high road?

 

[Manson]

Actually OP judging by the number of video's you seem to be producing and the number of gun forums I see you marketing them my original assertions that you are only interested in attention and self promotion looks more and more likely.

The point you are missing here, or more likely ignoring as it does not suit your agenda is that Glock can not be America's gun as it was not made in America. The current US facility does not make it American any more than the Honda plant in Ohio makes Honda the American car.

People have been saying and you seem to be oblivious to the fact that there is something unpatriotic about that assertion. You came on here and several other sites asking for opinions. Now you have them.


ETA: I don't think anyone considers the use of the word stupid or telling fellow posters to get a grip the high rode.

 

[PTMCCAIN]

OK, back to the point.

The reason the Glock is called "America's Gun" both in the book and in the title of my video is because it has become the most popularly used firearm among law enforcement and private citizens, for several decades, firmly anchored in place that way, hence, "America's Gun."

If you want to learn more and get a better understanding of why and how Glock has risen to this level of popularity, the book is a very interesting read.

It gives the good, the bad and the ugly of Gaston Glock's handgun and the company that has grown up around it.

I respect opinions and everyone is of course free to share. I, of course, can not agree that referring to the Glock as America's gun, as explained above, is "unpatriotic."

But, to each his own, it is a free country, thank God.

: )

 

[REAPER4206969]

The Glock 22 and 23 is unquestionably "America's Gun."

Designed for the FBI, used by everyone from mall security to Army special forces, it has gave more in the service of this country in 22 years than the 1911 has in 101.

The only handgun that rivals its service record is the Smith and Wesson revolver.

 

[PTMCCAIN]

Yes, that's interesting, following that thought, you could say that the Glock 21 is "America's Glock" ... since it was specifically designed to accomodate America's love affair with the .45ACP.

I have a Glock 21 and it's, by far, my favorite full sized Glock, and I find it to be extremely accurate. I can routinely get on a LEO target at 50 yards with it, but find it more difficult to do that with my Glock 17. Maybe it's just me though.

Your comment about the 1911 is sure to bring down on you a world of hurt from the 1911 fanatics! [love the 1911 too]

 

[dcarch]

I love both the Glock and the 1911. That being said, I don't see the reason to insult the OP over simple issues of preference in tools.

 

[PTMCCAIN]

Same here. I really enjoy my Glocks and my 1911s. I have a great time with them all at the range, and a Glock 26 is my CCW.

Can't we all get along?

 

[lionking]

Well the Glock has become one of the most popular handguns in America and it was a trend setter can't argue that.

 

[PTMCCAIN]

Bingo, and that's why the book was titled, "America's Gun."

 

[PTMCCAIN]

Trivia buffs, what was the first motion picture the Glock was featured in?

 

[dcarch]

Are we talking about the porcelain Glock 7?

 

[PTMCCAIN]

Movie title...?

 

[Smith357]

And now for some more Perfection from the Glock marketing dept.

The reason the Glock popular is they undercut all the pricing in the law enforcement market 30 years ago.

America's guns are the 1911 and the Handejector, the Glock is made in Austria.

 

[PTMCCAIN]

You think that was the only reason....?

You would be mistaken.

 

[Ash]

I've avoided the conversation, but come on, Glock fanboys like to step up and claim there's is better than the rest, that is perfect, or perhaps that it is THE pistol. It often follows up with "'nuff said."

What surprises me most, is just how surprised early Glock posters are surprised that not everyone in the world seeks to join hands and sign Glock-bye-yah.

Glocks are fine. America's gun? Not in my opinion. And, since it really is just opinion, I say 35 angels on the end of the pin.

 

[tarosean]

I'm wondering actually if you have read the book.

Your right, i actally listened to it on a 17hr flight from Qatar to the US.