Wesley w/Glock
12-04-2003, 05:08 PM
check out the article: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/12/2/95304.shtml
The story is about a mysterious death that occured at the UN but read down to about the middle of the article. The story starts to rant about crazy, idiodic things relating to fireams.
Currently, U.N. security officers carry 9mm Glock handguns. The Glocks do not carry safety locks. In fact, NewsMax is told the only device preventing an accidental discharge of the handgun is the holster it is carried in.
It turns my stomach when someone ill informed on firearms carries on like an expert presenting really bad ideas.
"If that gun is taken out of the holster, watch out" one U.N. security veteran explained. He added that he and several other officers "unofficially" break U.N. rules and do not carry their guns loaded.
Who are these guys?!!! Do they carry "their bullet" in their pocket Barney Phife style?
Rules mandate that at least one bullet be present in the gun's chambers "at all times."Uh... I think somebody is trying to sound "gun knowledgedable" who is not. To save money are they going to Cabelas and buying reloading bullets alone with no brass, powder, and such? Maybe they are dropping the bullets down the muzzle and then sticking a wad of cotton in to keep them from falling out. That's the only way I can think of to get more than one bullet into a chamber.
The U.N. source explained that the Glock issued to U.N. officers requires "little pressure" to cock the trigger and is too easy to discharge.Sounds to me like the UN source for this info got his training in the sixties (with revolvers) and then sombody then just dropped a Glock in his lap later on.
The problem is further compounded by the U.N.'s decision to equip its officers with "hollow point" bullets. Such bullets, unlike conventional ones, fragment and spread on impact to cause maximum damage.
Fragment?... Does he mean fragment into multiple projectiles and become like a shot gun or something like that. This one is too rediculous to cloud my mind with.
Several U.N. officers tell NewsMax the use of such bullets is "overkill" and unsuited for use in a heavily populated office building such as the high-rise Secretariat.
"It is stupid to carry these bullets. It shows that they (U.N. management) do not know what they are doing," explained another veteran United Nations officer.
No comment is needed here.
My overall comment is that I am thankful that these kooks running UN security are in New York and not carrying concealed here in Michigan.
The story is about a mysterious death that occured at the UN but read down to about the middle of the article. The story starts to rant about crazy, idiodic things relating to fireams.
Currently, U.N. security officers carry 9mm Glock handguns. The Glocks do not carry safety locks. In fact, NewsMax is told the only device preventing an accidental discharge of the handgun is the holster it is carried in.
It turns my stomach when someone ill informed on firearms carries on like an expert presenting really bad ideas.
"If that gun is taken out of the holster, watch out" one U.N. security veteran explained. He added that he and several other officers "unofficially" break U.N. rules and do not carry their guns loaded.
Who are these guys?!!! Do they carry "their bullet" in their pocket Barney Phife style?
Rules mandate that at least one bullet be present in the gun's chambers "at all times."Uh... I think somebody is trying to sound "gun knowledgedable" who is not. To save money are they going to Cabelas and buying reloading bullets alone with no brass, powder, and such? Maybe they are dropping the bullets down the muzzle and then sticking a wad of cotton in to keep them from falling out. That's the only way I can think of to get more than one bullet into a chamber.
The U.N. source explained that the Glock issued to U.N. officers requires "little pressure" to cock the trigger and is too easy to discharge.Sounds to me like the UN source for this info got his training in the sixties (with revolvers) and then sombody then just dropped a Glock in his lap later on.
The problem is further compounded by the U.N.'s decision to equip its officers with "hollow point" bullets. Such bullets, unlike conventional ones, fragment and spread on impact to cause maximum damage.
Fragment?... Does he mean fragment into multiple projectiles and become like a shot gun or something like that. This one is too rediculous to cloud my mind with.
Several U.N. officers tell NewsMax the use of such bullets is "overkill" and unsuited for use in a heavily populated office building such as the high-rise Secretariat.
"It is stupid to carry these bullets. It shows that they (U.N. management) do not know what they are doing," explained another veteran United Nations officer.
No comment is needed here.
My overall comment is that I am thankful that these kooks running UN security are in New York and not carrying concealed here in Michigan.