FNS-40 Issues with Baltimore Police...cured by GLOCK

[USNRet93]

Really?

Glock has adamantly refused to accept that their design correlates with AD/ND.

'Glock design CAUSES AD/ND'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RtrB8lxyYE

-glock fanboy..you are channeling ShureShot

[Nathan]

Glock Discharge LINK. LINK

[JohnKSa]

The logic that if a user violates some “gun laws” which they have no legal responsibility to know or care about....Are these department policy and they are bound to them contractually?

Does Glock make its buyers enter in to some agreement that finger on trigger absolves Glock of all responsibility? I’m just asking.

No, of course there's no contract. In the same way you can buy a car without contractually promising not to be negligent, you can buy a gun without promising to follow the accepted rules of gun safety.

And no, of course that makes no difference in who's responsible if the user is negligent.

To hold the gun company responsible, you have to show that they are responsible in some way.

If the unintentional discharge was the result of the user failing to follow the basic rules of firearm safety (being negligent) it's very difficult to show that the gun company is in any way responsible.

If a driver fails to pay attention to the road (is negligent) and has a wreck, is the car company responsible? Of course not. In the same way, if a gun "driver" is negligent, the gun company isn't responsible.

So, to get back to your original question--there's no need for Glock to "keep PD's quiet" because negligence on a user's part does not imply responsibility on Glock's part.

[Carl the Floor Walker]

Lol, it always comes down to the Money. And when Baltimore is involved in a million dollar bid or contract or anything to do with money, then do not let a few deaths get in the way. Some politician see's a opening to make a buck and Bingo!
Read about Ole, Gaston, he was a master of selling under the table. The Tupperware man knew how to make a fast buck.
Someone in Baltimore is laughing all the way to the bank. You can bet on that.

[JohnKSa]

Lol, it always comes down to the Money. And when Baltimore is involved in a million dollar bid or contract or anything to do with money, then do not let a few deaths get in the way. Some politician see's a opening to make a buck and Bingo!
Read about Ole, Gaston, he was a master of selling under the table. The Tupperware man knew how to make a fast buck.

Just a little thought will make it obvious that it's impossible to build a solid, long-lasting business model based on selling volumes of guns known to be a dangerous design to militaries and police departments.

[USNRet93]

Originally Posted by JohnKSa

Just a little thought will make it obvious that it's impossible to build a solid, long-lasting business model based on selling volumes of guns known to be a dangerous design to militaries and police departments.

Glock, like Apple, gets no love..maybe because they are the 'big kids' on the block.

Thousands have carried and used thousands of Glock handguns for a long time w/o any problem or issue. Glock isn't the Firestone tire of handguns.

[Lohman446]

We all know that somewhere down the line the Baltimore PD is going to be involved in a questionable shooting. Do you really want the officer being able to say he or she did not intend to discharge the firearm?

The FN had a flaw in it allowing the firearm to discharge when the finger was not fully pulled and when no intent to discharge was present. YES FN CAN FIX THIS. But, from a liability and practical stand point, it is far easier to switch firearms entirely. Why? Because then the supervising officer, and indeed the individual officers, do not have to worry if the gun they are currently carrying actually had the upgrade done. Maybe it got missed? Maybe the armorer was in the middle of a phone call? Any number of errors could occur. Easier to just switch companies and put this issue, which could be a future point of concern, to rest.

Does that mean the FN product is bad, unrepairable, and should not be considered in the future? Not at all. This was an unlikely problem that only occurred in abnormal (and questionably safe) circumstances. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are depressing it to fire and this problem never occurs as I understand it. This is a result of a partially pressed and then released trigger - a fundamental "no-no" in the use of a firearm.