[DuckFan4ever]

In Portland, they just might find 12 people who will award 53 million for this.

[Travis McGee]

Ka-Boom!

[de Buillion]

"Pirv was one of two Portland officers injured while firing .45-caliber Glocks in March 2004, prompting Portland Police Chief Derrick Foxworth to order the recall of the weapons carried by 230 officers. The bureau replaced them with 9mm Glocks. "

Great fix! Replace a powerful, effective plastic gun with a lower power, ineffective plastic gun. DUH!

[bpjam]

The guy wants $50M in puni's?? What a whack job! He must hate being a cop so much that he is trying to hit the lottery here and get off the force.

[supercat]

The lawsuit names Glock and two ammunition-makers, Federal Cartridge Company and Alliant Technosystems, also known as ATK.

Why is he suing two cartridge companies? Does he not know what ammo was in the gun?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

PING!
Ms.B

[Lancer_N3502A]

Anything less would be uncivilized!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Pirv. With a name like that how did he make it through high school with half his sanity intact. Every time the roll is called the class would be giggling

Anyhow. How badly did he get hurt -- only cosmetic damage, or loss of function? They say he's still on the force, patrolling... maybe the sight of that guy's face is enough to drop a crook? ...

[BigCinBigD]

I'll bet he was fireing department reloads and that caused the malfunction. He's suing Federal because that was the brass used for the reload.

[1035rep]

If this is the same guy...... after some investigation into this incident they found that he had modified the gun with a ported barrel but left the same slide on the gun that did have the port holes for the gases to escape. He fired the gun and the frame broke. After the incident he replaced the ported barrel with the original one which was obvious because there was no damage, but burn marks on the inside of the frame.

[Tree of Liberty]

I hope Gaston kicks this guys ass worse than the bag man who tried to kill him in Switzerland.

[Salvation]

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[paul51]

Get a Sig

[DakotaRed]

In Portland, they just might find 12 people who will award 53 million for this.

In Portland Oregon, they would be hard pressed to find 12 people who wouldn't vote for it. On my side of the river, we Conservatives often refer to Portland as Looney left central.

[CodeToad]

Feed ramp failure?? Of all the autos that I own, I cannot imagine a single one of them having such a failure.

[humblegunner]

Seen this ping?

[TC Rider]

FWIW

December 23, 2003

IMMIGRANT RESOLVE BRINGS POLICE CAREER Summary: Portland recruits Florin Pirv, a Romanian native Florin Pirv developed an immense appreciation for freedom, having fled communist Romania and immigrating to America with his parents and sisters in 1981.

That love of freedom also forged a desire to make a living protecting others. But when he arrived in the United States, the 19-year-old had several obstacles to overcome.

The family gave up a spacious home in Romania and moved into his uncle's garage in Southern

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December 23, 2003

FLORIN PIRV Color photo:

Florin Pirv, the Portland Police Bureau's newest recruit, loads the ammunition clip for his .45-caliber pistol as he prepares to test his shooting skills at the police firing range Monday in the basement of the Justice Center.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's the problem, using a clip in a weapon that requires a magazine.

[yarddog]

The guy just may win this one although the amounts seem ridiculous.

Of course Glock and the ammo companies will claim improper ammo and they have a point.

The fact is tho that one can reasonably expect people to use any common ammo in their gun and +P ammo is common and supposedly safe in most guns.

Guns should have a large safety margin built in but it appears this one did not.

I wonder if it is possible they were shooting reloads depspite what the article says?

[freedomlover]

Put a 40 in a 45, then chased it with a 45.

[Hammerhead]

Glock should be sued on general principle for making a confusing to operate, plastic POS in the first place. Their biggest claim to fame was being able to cram 19 9mm rounds into a clip.

[hattend]

Is he suing the Portland Police station too? Doesn't the department choose the standard weapon choice for their officers?