Ravenwood - 01/30/04 06:15 AM
Kevin at The Smallest Minority points to British hysteria surrounding the MOST TERRIFYING GUN IN THE WORLD that Scotland Yard recently discovered in South East London.
THE first fully automatic handgun to surface in the UK - capable of firing 1,100 rounds a minute - has been seized in a police raid.It's no wonder these folks were ripe for the Nazi pickings when the U.S. saved their butt 60 years ago. They are TERRIFIED over a 9mm full auto Glock pistol. I would think that the 9mm Mac 11 would be just as terrifying. (You can buy one here.) The Mac 10 is available in .45 and the rate of fire is just as high. Of course if you want some real firepower, try a full auto AK-47, or better yet a belt-fed 1919. Although the import of all machine guns for civilian use (not just the Glock) was banned in 1986, the guns are still available legally in the U.S..It is a Glock 18, banned from sale in the US and described as a "monster of a weapon" that fires bullets with the intensity of a high- pressure water hose. [...]
A Met firearms expert said: "It's extremely worrying that such a weapon is here. I can't stress enough just how dangerous this gun is.
"If it was fired on the streets of London by someone unused to its immense firing capability, there could be a massacre.
"Why even a criminal would want to own such a gun is beyond me. It would probably bethe ultimate in gun status-symbols." The Yard has warned front-line officers about the discovery, which followed a a raid on a residential address in Norwood, South East London.
Check out the scare quotes the Euro-weenies heap onto the ignorant public:
The report said the Glock can fire "armour-piercing ammunition". It has a compensation device to keep it straight during firing. [...]Hoplophobia is abound in England.US arms expert Walt Rauch said: "Shooting the G18 full-auto is just like turning on a high-pressure hose." [...]
Det Insp Martin Ward said: "This is something of a monster of a weapon."
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I read the first sentence and could handle no more. They claim the gun is "capable of firing 1100 rounds in a minute". Bullshit! I'd bet anything they can't fire 1100 rounds in a minute with any pistol. It just takes too many magazine changes. The article should read: This weapon has a RATE OF FIRE of 1100 rounds per minute.
Posted by: Kingslasher at January 30, 2004 7:43 AMActually, Ravenwood, I believe the Glock 18 wasn't manufactured until after 1986, so to get your hands on one over here you have to have a Class III dealer's license, or you have to be a government employee.
We peons need not apply.
Posted by: Kevin Baker at January 30, 2004 9:24 AMThe local Sherrif agency here in Washington recently busted a guy who was running a website that sold kits that converted ANY GLOCK to full auto.
I got to see a couple of the parts kits. And after looking at the pieces, I must say, it is rather easy, once you think about it.
Since the gungrabbers/criminal enablers have lost the 'plastic gun' issue, keep an eye out for someone wanting to ban the Glock for it's "easy convertability".
Posted by: analog kid at January 30, 2004 6:46 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
