The city of Chicago filed a lawsuit Tuesday against gun manufacturer Glock, Inc., over a “switch' that allows its pistols to convert to machine guns.
The city of Chicago has filed a lawsuit against Glock, Inc., blaming the gun-maker for facilitating the manufacturing of illegal machine guns being used on the crime-ridden streets of the Windy City. "Criminals armed with Modified Glocks are emboldened because of their military-grade firepower, and they kill and injure more people, increasing the terror felt by ordinary Chicagoans," the lawsuit said. The lawsuit alleges that Georgia-based Glock, Inc.
These terrifying weapons have caused death and destruction throughout Chicago: they have been recovered in connection with homicides, aggravated assaults, batteries, kidnappings, burglaries, home invasions, carjackings, and attempted robberies," the lawsuit said. The city claimed Glock was "aiding and abetting" the violation of federal and state law prohibiting the possession of machine guns, calling the manufacturer negligent.
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