Plan9

Seems like Glock is getting a whole crapload of bad publicity these days.

The media doesn't drop namebrands on most guns, but they know Glock. I guess it's because the media's overall firearm savvy is around the 70 IQ mark.

Or they listen to gangsta rap. "Pop-pop with my Glock Forty, bitches!"

Virginia Tech retard? Didn't hear much about the other guns... just the Glock. This recent dickhead out in the midwest? Didn't say the brand of the shotgun or other handgun, but they saw a Glock. Between CNN and Fox, I've heard "Glock" about two dozen times in the last hour. I wonder what the motivation is to use that over "handgun" or "pistol."

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While bad publicity is still publicity (and thus good from a "get our name out there" commercial standpoint), "infamous" guns usually may end up creating new piece-specific legislation or show up on special ban lists like the Intratec Tec-9 (big pistol), the Cobray Streetsweeper (DD), etc. I generally feel piece-specific laws are bullshit.

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The popularity and simplicity of the Glock make it a ubiquitous handgun. It's immensely popular with law enforcement in the US. Just about everybody I know who uses firearms has shot one at least once and many own 'em. Glock was the first company to mass produce polymer frame handguns. Damn fine pistols, really.

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What do you think about the brand name dropping the media uses with specific firearms?

I think they're trying to demonize the company. Sensationalize the product.

Media: "It's not just a handgun, it's a Glock... the preferred weapon of school shooters."

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