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Science-Technology Title: The Gaston Glock Story: Why Americans Love European Guns (American capitalism is not as innovative as European socialism) Edward Tenner The Gaston Glock Story: Why Americans Love European Guns Jan 12 2011, 2:11 PM ET < SNIP > Writing in the National Rifle Association's American Rifleman in 2009, Industry Insider columnist Cameron Hopkins provides background: The most significant innovations of the past 30 years, have all come from European gun companies. Even Ruger, the most innovative American gun manufacturer since World War II, has been playing catch up to the likes of Glock, HK, Beretta, Blaser, Sauer, and SIG. In the early 80s, the U.S. Armed Forces conducted a trial to replace the venerable 1911 pistol. An Italian gun came in first (Beretta) and a Swiss-designed, German-made gun was second (SIG). In the mid 80s, some 90 percent of U.S. law enforcement officers carried Smith & Wesson revolvers, but a change came about with the introduction of a "point gun, pull trigger" semi-automatic pistol from Austria. Glock never looked back and now controls an estimated 60 percent of the police market today with SIG and Beretta taking sizeable chunks from Smith's pie. Glock falls into a pattern of the Central European independent engineer-inventor-entrepreneur. I've written about a few of them (Anton Lorenz [reclining chairs] and Kurt Lorber [triangular paper clips) here. But the Glock saga also shows that "only in America" doesn't happen only in America, and our unique traits good and bad are the result not of a bygone frontier but of the contemporary globe. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 6. I guess American capitalism is not as innovative as European socialism even in making the guns we love so well.
#2. To: Godwinson (#1) Europe seeks to control the means of its production. It is not surprising to me that you constantly post articles that applaud fascism. You do Bri Bri S proud. {{{{snicker}}}}
#3. To: Rudgear (#2) Europe seeks to control the means of its production. Does America still produce anything? LOL!
#4. To: Godwinson (#3) Not so deftly done skirting of the topic and the observation. You are a fascist and a fool. Government control spells the end of industry. Goobye Brian S.
#5. To: Rudgear (#4) Not so deftly done skirting of the topic and the observation. You are a fascist and a fool. Government control spells the end of industry. Goobye Brian S. I don't know who Brian S is (I am not he if that is what that implies). But with that said,how can anyone but the insane argue Europe is "fascist"? They are not even true "socialists" though that is what you call them. They have a mixed economy and Glock and the other gun manufacturers are not owned by their govts and operate in the market via market principals. Now you have to explain why gun restricting, "socialized" medicine practicing Europe can produce more innovative weapons than Americans?
#6. To: Godwinson (#5) Now you have to explain why gun restricting, "socialized" medicine practicing Europe can produce more innovative weapons than Americans? I think it can be explained by Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Replies to Comment # 6. #7. To: lucysmom (#6) (Edited) What it does show is that this brain washed so called conservatives have these proconcived narratives of the world. They actually think America has better everything as if this was still the 50s or 60s. Their minds can't wrap around the idea that European, gun hating socialist, nazi, commies (as they would see those people of course) are producing better firearms than Americans who have the 2nd amendment.
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