One day after announcing a lawsuit against one of America's biggest gun manufacturers, the city of Chicago is explaining why it's targeting Glock.
One day after announcing a lawsuit against one of America's biggest gun manufacturers, the city of Chicago is explaining why it's targeting Glock.It's already illegal to put a conversion device onto a Glock that turns the handgun into essentially a machine gun. But attorneys for the city say they're suing because Glock is doing nothing to stop it.
The city's lawsuit alleges that Glock knows about the problem and could alter the design of its handgun to prevent the conversion problem but refuses to do so."They've known about this problem for years," said Eric Tirschwell, Executive Director of Everytown Law, which joined the city in the lawsuit. "Their pistols are uniquely susceptible to this easy modification. They can fix it. They've made a business decision to put profits over public safety.
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