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General Information
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Title: Glock
Author: Paul M Barrett
Read By: Kiff VandenHeuvel
Copyright: 2012
Audiobook Copyright: 2012
Genre: NonFiction

File Information
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Number of MP3s: 7
Total Duration: 8:08:42
Total MP3 Size: 224.36
Parity Archive: No
Encoded At: CBR 64 kbps 44100 Hz Mono
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3

Book Description
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Based on 15 years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon
that has become known as AmericaΓΓé¼Γäós gun. Today the Glock pistol has been
embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police departments, glamorized in
countless Hollywood movies, and featured as a ubiquitous presence on
prime-time TV. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists, and coveted
by cops and crooks alike.

Created in 1982 by Gaston Glock, an obscure Austrian curtain-rod manufacturer,
and swiftly adopted by the Austrian army, the Glock pistol, with its
lightweight plastic frame and large-capacity spring-action magazine,
arrived in America at a fortuitous time. Law enforcement agencies had
concluded that their agents and officers, armed with standard six-round
revolvers, were getting outgunned by drug dealers with semi-automatic
pistols. They needed a new gun.

When Karl Water, a firearm salesman based in the U.S. first saw a Glock
in 1984, his reaction was, ΓΓé¼┼ôJeez, thatΓΓé¼Γäós ugly.ΓΓé¼┬¥ But the advantages of
the pistol soon became apparent. The standard semi-automatic Glock could
fire as many as 17 bullets from its magazine without reloading. (One
equipped with an extended 33 cartridge magazine was used in Tucson to
shoot Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others). It was built with only 36 parts
that were interchangeable with those of other models. You could drop
it underwater, toss it from a helicopter, or leave it out in the snow,
and it would still fire. It was reliable, accurate, lightweight, and
cheaper to produce than Smith and WessonΓΓé¼Γäós revolver. Made in part of
hardened plastic, it was even rumored (incorrectly) to be invisible
to airport security screening.

Filled with corporate intrigue, political maneuvering, Hollywood glitz,
bloody shoot-outs - and an attempt on Gaston GlockΓΓé¼Γäós life by a former
lieutenant - Glock is at once the inside account of how Glock the company
went about marketing its pistol to police agencies and later the public,
as well as a compelling chronicle of the evolution of gun culture in
America.


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