...The smooth-firing Glock (click title to entry - thank you) did not cause these massacres any more than it holds up convenience stores. But when outfitted with an extra-large magazine, it can raise the body count. The shooters in Arizona, Illinois, Virginia, Hawaii, and Texas could not have inflicted so many casualties so quickly had they been armed with old-fashioned revolvers. In its 2010 catalog, the manufacturer boasts that while the Glock 19 is "comparable in size and weight to the small .38 revolvers it has replaced," the pistol "is significantly more powerful with greater firepower and is much easier to shoot fast and true."
The Tucson gunman demonstrated those qualities all too vividly. Loughner is said to have emptied his 33-round clip in a minute or two, a feat requiring no special skill. (Glock does not sell magazines of that size to civilians, but some of its guns can accommodate them. The model 19 comes with a standard 15-round clip.) Loughner was wrestled to the ground by onlookers only when he paused to insert a fresh magazine. If he had been forced to reload sooner, the odds are good there would be fewer victims. Glock executives did not respond to multiple requests for comment....
The 'magazine' Loughner used is NOT sold with the gun. THEREFORE, Loughner researched the weapon he wanted to use and how to enhance its ability to kill. He obtained the 33 round magazines and set out on his mission.
He went to a Motel 6 to carry out his tasks because if he tried to organize himself with all the activity required that night he would have been discovered by his family, whom he did not want to risk being discovered. His activity before 'his act' was very, very well researched and planned. His activities from the motel room were 'direct' without being 'lost' or 'making mistakes' to his purpose and he was not wasting time. When the first Walmart could not accommodate him within a short period of time he went to his 'second choice' and achieved his goal.
Barrett Says Glock Pistol Transforms U.S. Gun Culture (You Tube - click here)
Barrett is "W"rong. The Glock is a very dangerous weapon even though it can be detected by x-ray. Avoiding talking about any social problem simply allows it to develop. The Glock was MERCHANIZED, by his own statements, and that is why it became popular. It had nothing to do with the 'anti-gun' lobby or any other FREE SPEECH or PROTEST to end the gun accessibilty for such 'unnecessary' weapons in the USA. Police and agents are the only people that should be allowed carry them. If they showed up during the shooting, whcih lasted two minutes doing the damage it did, there would have been at least one dead officer until the gunman was dead. I have to wonder if Loughner was wearing body armor, although I don't believe Walmart sells that and he probably could not afford it.
