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Barrett, Paul (Paul M.)
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Glock Gesellschaft -- History.
Glock pistols -- History.
Firearms and crime -- United States -- History.
Firearms -- United States -- Use in crime prevention -- History.
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Glock : the rise of ...
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Glock : the rise of America's gun / Paul M. Barrett.
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Barrett, Paul (Paul M.)
New York : Crown Publishers, c2012.
Subjects
Glock Gesellschaft -- History.
Glock pistols -- History.
Firearms and crime -- United States -- History.
Firearms -- United States -- Use in crime prevention -- History.
ISBN:
0307719936
9780307719935
0307719944 (ebook)
9780307719942 (ebook)
Description:
291 p. : port. ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Shootout in Miami -- "Pistol of the future" -- "One ugly and all-business-looking piece of self-defense hardware" -- "Plastic perfection" -- "Hijacker's special" -- "Super gun" -- Going Hollywood -- The mark of Cain -- "Copy the motherfucker" -- Massacre in Killeen -- Lawyers, guns, and money -- "Ka-boom" -- Pocket rockets -- "My way" -- Glock culture -- Glock goes to the White House -- An assassin's attack -- "Monopoly money" -- The impact of the Austrian pistol: good for America?
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Traces the story of the American gun market as reflected by an Austrian six-cylinder revolver, tracing how it has become a weapon of choice on both sides of the law, in the entertainment industry, and among Second Amendment enthusiasts.
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Hilo Public Library
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338.76834 Barrett
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