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Glock : the rise of America's gun / Paul M. Barrett.

By: Barrett, Paul (Paul M.).
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Broadway Books, c2013Edition: First paperback edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-280) and index.Description: 300 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780307719959; 0307719952.Subject(s): Glock Gesellschaft -- History | Glock pistols -- History | Firearms and crime -- United States -- History | Firearms -- United States -- Use in crime prevention -- HistoryDDC classification: 338.7/683432509436
Contents:
Shootout in Miami -- "Pistol of the future" -- "One ugly adn all-business-looking piece of self-defense hardware" -- "Plastic perfection" -- "Hijacker's special" -- "Super gun" -- Going Hollywood -- The mark of Cain -- "Copy the motherfucker" -- Massacre in Killeen -- Lawyers, guns, and money -- "Ka-boom" -- Pocket rockets -- "My way" -- Glock culture -- Glock goes to the White House -- An assassin's attack -- "Monopoly money" -- The impact of the Austrian pistol: good for America?
Summary: Traces the story of the American gun market as reflected by an Austrian six-cylinder revolver, tracing how it has become a weapon of choice on both sides of the law, in the entertainment industry, and among Second Amendment enthusiasts.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 338.7 B275 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003621745

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-280) and index.

Shootout in Miami -- "Pistol of the future" -- "One ugly adn all-business-looking piece of self-defense hardware" -- "Plastic perfection" -- "Hijacker's special" -- "Super gun" -- Going Hollywood -- The mark of Cain -- "Copy the motherfucker" -- Massacre in Killeen -- Lawyers, guns, and money -- "Ka-boom" -- Pocket rockets -- "My way" -- Glock culture -- Glock goes to the White House -- An assassin's attack -- "Monopoly money" -- The impact of the Austrian pistol: good for America?

Traces the story of the American gun market as reflected by an Austrian six-cylinder revolver, tracing how it has become a weapon of choice on both sides of the law, in the entertainment industry, and among Second Amendment enthusiasts.

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