BOOK REPORT—

GLOCK, The Rise of America’s Gun by Paul M. Barrett

Today, the Glock pistol has been embraced by 2/3 of all US police departments and multi-multi millions of private owners, this writer among them.  This book takes a look at the pistol and Gaston Glock, an obscure Austrian curtain rod manufacturer who created the gun in 1982.  It arrived, fortuitously, in the US about the time law enforcement agencies had concluded their officers, armed with the then standard 6 round revolvers, were being outgunned by the bad guys.

It is said--The book is filled with corporate intrigue, political maneuvering, Hollywood glitz and bloody shoot-outs.  It’s also a highly informative and quick read; a compelling chronicle of a period in the evolution of gun culture in America.  I agree.