Glock GmbH of Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, the manfacturer of the Glock 19 semi-automatic pistol that was used to shoot Gabrielle Giffords, enhanced its reputation as the weapon of choice for mass murders yesterday.
Glock GmbH must be proud that its pistol, tagged lined "The Next Generation of Perfection" on its web site, www.glock.com was so deathly and effective. With a magazine of only 19 rounds, the alleged shooter,Jared Lee Loughner, was able to hit 18 persons and kill a nine-year old girl.
With this command performance, the Glock builds on the momentum of the Virginia Tech massacre on April 17, 2007, then Cho Seung-Hui used two weapons to carry out the murders, a Glock 19 and Walther 22.
Glock GmbH is owned by Gaston Glock, according to Yahoo Finance, and its Marketing Director is Herbert Weikinger. Gaston Glock is a unrepentent gun lover, "As shooters and gun owners, we must band together with even greater zeal than in the past," he wrote when Barack Obama was elected President. "We are not going to roll over and have our guns taken away because of some of our misguided neighbors, no matter who they are."
As I have written in the past, I support the REPEAL of the Second Amendment. I don’t believe that owning a gun is a human right, even in the context of a well-regulated militia.
Once again, it is demonstrated that it is easier for a crazy person to buy a gun in America than to get a credit card.
Finally, I blame the parents. It is the responsibility of the parents to get psychiatic help for a troubled child.
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