A friend of mine asked me to look at the latest issue of Newsweek--jokester he is, he said there was a picture of Ted Kennedy on the cover (actually it was a Ruger ). It was a series of reactive antigun articles, once again proliferating the myth that guns are the root of all evil. They listed all the major reported gun crimes from the past year or so (from Luke Woodham to Buford Furrow), the weapons used, etc. They said the common link to all of these crimes was firearms. They failed to mention that all of the above persons were either majorly unstable or had some major lack of moral responsibility (for the sake of focusing on firearms, of course). But enough could be debated and commented regarding that.
Being a HK owner, what caught my eye were all the firearms listed. Not a single HK to be found among them. Several Glocks and other generally cheap handguns (revolvers, .22s, etc) or rifles. It got me wondering if a persons of a certain motivation or mentality gravitated to certain choices of firearms.
Now, before I go any further, let me say this isn't an invitation to bash Glocks (nor any other brand--there were several Rugers and a couple of S&Ws in that list as well) nor put HK up on a pedestal. There's enough of that and similar stuff going on in other forums.
But out of curiosity, I'd like to find out what specific brand or model of gun is mostly used in crimes.
Any ideas, feedback, criticisms, or guffaws?
jth
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Exodus 22:2 -- Biblical precedent for home defense.
Being a HK owner, what caught my eye were all the firearms listed. Not a single HK to be found among them. Several Glocks and other generally cheap handguns (revolvers, .22s, etc) or rifles. It got me wondering if a persons of a certain motivation or mentality gravitated to certain choices of firearms.
Now, before I go any further, let me say this isn't an invitation to bash Glocks (nor any other brand--there were several Rugers and a couple of S&Ws in that list as well) nor put HK up on a pedestal. There's enough of that and similar stuff going on in other forums.
But out of curiosity, I'd like to find out what specific brand or model of gun is mostly used in crimes.
Any ideas, feedback, criticisms, or guffaws?
jth
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Exodus 22:2 -- Biblical precedent for home defense.