It's Getting Windy For Glock In Chicago.

[arakboss]

Chicago blames Glock gun company for city's violence

Chicago sued one of the world's largest gunmakers, saying their weapons increased weapons increased crime in the city.

www.newsweek.com

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[CountryGent]

You mean closing the machine-gun registry didn't stop criminals from just converting to FA? What a shocker.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

Glock did not make all of those Switches.

They came from Chyna

 

[lucusloc]

Pure politics. If they blame the gun makers they can deflect the blame from their piss-poor policies for at least some of the voters, and most of the rest of the voters will not be swayed one way or the other by the stunt. The number of voters that will see this as the "bridge too far" and will switch their vote away is approximately zero.

The math here is this can help shore up some vulnerable votes while not risking any votes that were not gone already, so there is basically no downside. You can forget "costing the city lots of legal fees for a suit that is guaranteed to fail (thanks to FOPA)" as a consideration because (again) no one is going to consider that the point at which their vote switches. As far as these officials acre concerned this is just a way to spend taxpayer money on their campaign through blatant virtue signaling.

And, in the off chance they can get this past FOPA and actually cost Glock some legal fees, well lawfare is just a nice side benefit they can use to further enhance their political credentials. Win-win-win for them.

 

[Certaindeaf]

They should sue themselves for an infinite number of more causative reasons.

 

[RVTECH]

accusing the gunmaker of knowingly ignoring a design flaw that allows its pistols to be converted into automatic weapons.

Glock has made the business decision to continue profiting from the sales of its easily modifiable guns to the civilian market."

Notice the 'inference' here?

If read by the average non gun savvy antis this creates the illusion the gun can be converted easily by it's owner, and other than this part:
"Right now, anyone in the United States with $20 and a screwdriver can convert their Glock pistol into an illegal machine gun in just a few minutes,

Never indicates an illegal part needs to be found, purchased, installed etc.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Lol. Brand blaming, so hot right now.

 

[TTSX]

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Lol. Brand blaming, so hot right now.

I always liked BUFU better. "By Us, F*** U"

 

[Knobgoblin]

I always liked BUFU better. "By Us, F*** U"

Phukt up by us .
I'd pay any young scholar to wear that on his oversized, hoody.

 

[rjmt]

yup, the Murder rate in Chicago is all Glock's fault
Glock doesn't even make the Glock Switch

Chicago sues Glock over design that allows easy conversion to machine guns

One critic says suing a gun maker over its design is like suing an automaker for cars that go too fast and crash.

chicago.suntimes.com

 

[lucusloc]

late to party; https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threads/its-getting-windy-for-glock-in-chicago.476825/

 

[DB is Here]

Are they blaming the spoon or fork for making them fat or the pencil for misspelling words?


More politicians causing these problems then blaming everyone else for their flubs....carry on idiots.

 

[CountryGent]

Agreed — outrageously stupid, even by the low standards of Chicago politics. And, yet, here we are.

 

[Unka-Boo]

Notice the 'inference' here?

If read by the average non gun savvy antis this creates the illusion the gun can be converted easily by it's owner, and other than this part:
"Right now, anyone in the United States with $20 and a screwdriver can convert their Glock pistol into an illegal machine gun in just a few minutes,

Never indicates an illegal part needs to be found, purchased, installed etc.

Or a toothpick....

 

[Nosferatu]

I give Chicago leadership credit for staying famously on-brand.

 

[Jade Falcon]

Brandon Johnson eats corn the long ways.