Posted on 10/11/2014 7:57:39 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
King Lear, strippers, and show horses: Inside the $500 million lawsuit that could bring down Gaston Glocks gun empire.
Guns, money, sex, and betrayal: Rarely do the news gods smile down on us with such charity. But Helga Glock, ex-wife to Gaston Glock Sr., the gun industrys most successful and secretive tycoon, has given us all that and then some with a new lawsuit filed in an Atlanta federal court earlier this week.
In the complaintfiled in Georgia, where the Austrian companys U.S. headquarters is based and most of its business conductedMrs. Glocks attorney accuses the 85-year-old gun manufacturer of a racketeering scheme that spanned decades and the globe, all in an elaborate plan to steal the business that Mrs. Glock and the rest of their family had helped to build from a mom-and-pop machine shop into a company with $400 million in sales each year. An enterprise so successfulit supplies U.S. police with two-thirds of their firearms and dominates the civilian marketthat Mr. Glocks criminal dealings have cheated her out of around $500 million, the suit claims, making the case one of the largest civil suits ever under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act.
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That is the 2nd wife, 30 some years his junior.
You are correct. I did not make my post clear.
Agreed. I shoot much better with a heavier pistol in my hands. Thus I am partial to the 1911 and the Browning Hi Power. I have no problem with the design of the Glock. It does exactly what it was designed to do. I can not shoot them worth a damn and they do not "feel right" in my hand. My shooting partner has a Glock and gets phenomenal groups with it. I will stick with a large chunk of steel in my hand. I do not like plastic pistols.
Agreed. There's also one other consideration I don't think many people give much thought to. I keep my keys on a big steel carabiner, with lots of doodads hanging on it for one particular reason: if I set my keys down, or misplace them, I notice it right away because it's conspicuous by it's absence. Any time I read a story about a LEO or CCP holder who leaves their weapon in a public restroom, I can just about guarantee it's a plastic weapon or a lightweight alloy designed to be carried more than shot, and they didn't notice it was missing until they were long gone. In as much as a pistol is designed for stressful situations where you may be distracted by any number of peripheral events, fatigue, sleep deprivation, etc. I like steel for that same reason...if the weapon gets dropped, slips or pulled out of its holster, etc. you will be more likely to notice it missing if it's something that always reminds you it's there, when it's there. One more plus for a steel sidearm...
I had a couple of Glocks, fine poly handguns, not for beginners though. Essentially no safety (internal,trigger, etc., I know) and should only be operated by seasoned handgun users well versed in the Glock platform. Glocks require specific awareness in handling and operation.
I loved my Glocks, sorry I lost them in a boating accident.
Just for the record, I prefer 1911 cocked & locked.
Glock backup.
Glock. Pull trigger goes bang. Don’t pull trigger don’t go bang. Control finger. Simple stuff.
If I ever need to use my Glock to defend myself, I want it to go 'bang' when I pull the trigger. The rest of the time it stays in my holster that fully covers the trigger guard, and never becomes the object of "show and tell."
The Glock is no more dangerous than my double action revolvers. And if the factory 6.5 lb trigger pull is too light for your comfort, you can change trigger springs all the way up to the NY2 spring which gives a revolver like 12+ lb trigger pull.
Yes. The trigger bar that disengages the firing pin safety.
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