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Intelligent look at semi-automatic pistol that is part of U.S. landscape
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"It shows up in movies and on TV and it's a popular prop for gangsta-rap, where its one-syllable name is an easy fit for bad rhymers with attitude."
"The brain-child of a one-time obscure Austrian engineer named Gaston Glock, this semi-automatic pistol made in large part of polymer is now part of the U.S. landscape, thanks in large part to Hollywood's Die Hard 2, where Bruce Willis has a famous encounter with it."
"How an innocuous-looking foreign pistol replaced the distinctly American shiny steel revolver as a symbol of that country's revered Second Amendment to its Constitution is the subject of this thoroughly researched book." ... |
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Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. — James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 46 |
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