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Glock pistols have also been used in mass shootings elsewhere in the world, including the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre, the 2002 Erfurt massacre, the killings committed by Viktor Kalivoda in 2005, the 2011 Norway attacks, the 2016 Munich shooting, and the 2023 Prague shooting. In April 2022, Ilene Steur, a survivor of the 2022 NYC subway attack ...
Glock Ges.m.b.H. (doing business as GLOCK) is a light weapons manufacturer headquartered in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, named after its founder, Gaston Glock.The company makes popular polymer-framed pistols, but also produces field knives, entrenching tools, various horse related products, and apparel.
Glock was sued earlier this year by the city of Chicago, which said its police recovered more than 1,100 Glock pistols with the modification between 2021 and 2023. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Gaston Glock (German: [ˈɡastɔn ˈɡlɔk]; 19 July 1929 – 27 December 2023) was an Austrian engineer and businessman.He founded the company Glock.When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the development of HK's first two polymer-frame pistols, the VP70 and P9 models.
Officials in New Jersey and Minnesota filed a lawsuit against gun manufacturer Glock on Thursday, demanding the company suspend its sale of weapons that can be easily converted with a switch to ...
The Minnesota case also sought an injunction directing Glock to design safer handguns, and New Jersey asked the court to prevent the company from distributing easily modified guns in the state ...
Asked if she had ever fired the gun, Harris laughingly replied, “Yes, of course I have, at a shooting range— yes, of course, I have.” Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that she owns a ...
The .45 GAP (Glock Auto Pistol) or .45 Glock (11.43×19mmRB) is a pistol cartridge designed by Ernest Durham, an engineer with CCI/Speer, at the request of firearms manufacturer Glock to provide a cartridge that would equal the power of the .45 ACP, have a stronger case head to reduce the possibility of case neck blowouts, and be shorter to fit in a more compact handgun.