Sunday, September 3, 2023

Being a part of Glock handguns

I’m not a fan of firearms and I wonder how people who own, run and work at their factories feel about their production and the pain and suffering it inflicts upon other human beings. 

While there are many brands of handguns, Glocks are the most popular worldwide, with over 20 million made so far. In the US Glock maintains a 65% market share, with more than 1 million Glocks sold each year. 

The product is a polymer-framed, short recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced in Austria, but the one sold so successfully in the US are manufactured by the Glock Inc. subsidiary located in Smyrna, Georgia. 

Adopted by national armed forces, security agencies, and police forces, Glocks are also popular among civilians for recreational and competition shooting, home- and self-defense, both in concealed or open carry, and obviously for criminals and ill-meaning folks and counts among a choice brand in killing 30,000 plus thousand American each year. 

 Glock pistols have been used with nefarious success in multiple mass shootings. Experts on gun control, mass shootings, and defense training have cited factors such as reliability, ease of use, and commonness for their deadly effectiveness. 

Now, with so much blood on their muzzles, I wonder how the Glock’s managers, shareholders, users and factory workers feel about that lethal instrument? I let you wonder too...

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