MOST TERRIFYING GUN IN THE WORLD SEIZED

The Daily Mirror (UK) ^ | Jan 26 2004 | Gary Jones

[FreedomCalls]

THE first fully automatic handgun to surface in the UK - capable of firing 1,100 rounds a minute - has been seized in a police raid.

It is a Glock 18, banned from sale in the US and described as a "monster of a weapon" that fires bullets with the intensity of a high- pressure water hose.

The ultra-light, Austrian-made gun was discovered in a swoop on the home of a suspected Yardie gangster. Scotland Yard has issued a nationwide alert as they try to find the owner and establish how the weapon got into Britain.

A Met firearms expert said: "It's extremely worrying that such a weapon is here. I can't stress enough just how dangerous this gun is.

"If it was fired on the streets of London by someone unused to its immense firing capability, there could be a massacre.

"Why even a criminal would want to own such a gun is beyond me. It would probably bethe ultimate in gun status-symbols." The Yard has warned front-line officers about the discovery, which followed a a raid on a residential address in Norwood, South East London.

A force internal report said: "This is the first weapon of its kind to be seized in the UK. It is not issued to any agencies in the UK and is believed to have been imported from the US."

The report said the Glock can fire "armour-piercing ammunition". It has a compensation device to keep it straight during firing.

SAS officers use the gun in combat with a 19-round magazine. Israeli security forces and Germany's GSG-9 anti-terror unit also carry it.

British armed police use the semi-automatic Glock 17, also a favourite with criminals.

America banned its import in 1986. US arms expert Walt Rauch said: "Shooting the G18 full-auto is just like turning on a high-pressure hose,"

Det Insp Martin Ward said: "This is something of a monster of a weapon. We are appealing for anyone to come forward in the strictest confidence with information."

[FreedomCalls]

It is not issued to any agencies in the UK and is believed to have been imported from the US."

Odds are this is not possible. They are simply trying to demonize the United States because of its lack of gun control. They are unwilling to admit the failure of their own gun control efforts. The Glock 18 is banned in America from import, manufacture, possession or anything else. You simply cannot obtain one legally here. The odds of one leaving the U.S. is very high. Why would they say it came from here and not from some place where it is legal? Only to demonize us.

See one here and here.

[ElkGroveDan]

I'm wondering if the gun tried to flee during the raid. Didi the gun swear at the cops and spit on them?

[lilylangtree]

Jeepers, I want one just as a conversation piece. I will appreciate all donations of course.

[cripplecreek]

look to austria, it is after all where it was made.

the whole article was rather amusing in its ignorance.

[lormand]

"Why even a criminal would want to own such a gun is beyond me."

That is the sound of a dying civilization.

[Archangelsk]

(Cue Aussie accent) That's not a gun. This is a gun.

[Lower55]

It will fire 1100 rounds a minuite....of course since it's a hand gun, it only holds 10-50 rounds.

[quidnunc]

This handgun sounds to me about as useful as a saddle on a sow.

I've seen a couple of M 1911s go full auto and after the first shot the shooter was blowing holes in the sky.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Actually, from my experience, the most terrifying gun in the world...

...is the one pointed at ya.

[Lower55]

minuite= minute........dang!

[brbethke]

THE first fully automatic handgun to surface in the UK...

What, they never ran into a Mauser "Schnellfeuer" or any of the Astra or Star select-fire pistols, or even the full-auto version of the Beretta 92? Where have they been for the last century?

[FreedomCalls]

Notice the selector switch at the top of the slide. Semi-auto (one dot) or full-auto (two dots).

[neutrino]

If only I could own one legally...(sigh)

[adam_az]

"Why even a criminal would want to own such a gun is beyond me."

I'm not a criminal, and I'd love one!



"It would probably bethe ultimate in gun status-symbols."

Damn right. :) So?

THE first fully automatic handgun to surface in the UK - capable of firing 1,100 rounds a minute - has been seized in a police raid.

Assuming you can change the freaking 19 round magazine that fast! It would take 58 magazines to fire 1100 rounds.

[cavtrooper21]

I see only one course of action avalible to the British Government at this point.

Ban the guns.....

Oh wait, they already did that.
Well, the only LOGICAL step would be to go to the UN and have them Ban Guns in the USA, since all gun crime in England seems to come from the US.
I think they're working on that.

[Doodle]

To paraphrase General Buck Turgidson, I wish I had one of them "terrifying guns."

[July 4th]

Wow...nice videos. Awesome.

[ScottinSacto]

capable of firing 1,100 rounds a minute....

Capable, yes. Probable? Not until they make one big a$$ magazine or a belt fed variety. Talk about scare tactics and sensational reporting.