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FOX NewsNov 29, 2022
Inventor of 'Glock' Firearms Dies at 94
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The Facts
Austrian billionaire Gaston Glock, inventor of the eponymous handgun, died on Wednesday aged 94. Since the invention of the handgun in the 1980s, "Glock" has turned into a branding staple for small arms among both civilians and security forces across the world.
After serving as a conscript in Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht [armed forces of Nazi Germany] as a teenager during the end of World War II, Glock ran a small business in Vienna selling curtain rods and knives out of this garage. In the 1980s, Glock entered the arms-innovation sector.
The Spin
Left narrative
It's not difficult to see how making deadly weapons easier to use and more readily available to the general public could have catastrophic consequences. Gaston Glock's company has rightly been referred to as "merchants of death." What makes this name all the more fitting is the nonchalant confession by Glock's former lawyer that mass shootings were a "sensational marketing tool." Glock's quiet lifestyle cannot deny the horrific impacts on societies that his company and products had.
Right narrative
Glock handguns should not be scapegoated — they in fact come with a host of important safety features. These advances have helped to reduce accidental discharges. In fact, negligence, insufficient training, and, most importantly, "unsafe" persons are responsible for gun deaths. Gaston Glock deserves to be given due respect and justly recognized for his role in advancing the development of small arms in a responsible way.