Gun Policy News
Glock's Secret Path to Profits: Handgun Maker's Troubling Tale of Intrigue
10 September 2009
Business Week (USA) Cover Story
Gaston Glock, an Austrian manufacturer of shovels and knives, had an improbable dream: He would make a fortune selling handguns in America. In the early 1980s, Glock, a self-taught firearm designer, produced an innovative pistol for the Austrian military. He then devised a plan for promoting his invention in the U.S., the world's richest gun market. First, he'd persuade American police they needed a lightweight weapon with more ammunition than traditional revolvers.... (GunPolicy.org)