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Posted: 5/6/2009 10:36:22 AM EDT

Here's the article that started all the Glock myths. I always wanted to read this but I couldn't find it anywhere online. I guess reporters do a good job of hiding their mistakes. When I was at the library the other day I looked it up. It's the January 15, 1986 edition of the Washington Post.

If you are wondering why Garfield and Charlie Brown are off to the side it's because this article originally appeared in the comics section of the paper. I shit you not.

Apparantly this guy Jack Anderson who's supposed to be one of the fathers of modern invetigative jounalism and a Pulitzer Prize winner forgot to check his sources and the AP picked up the story.

Just thought everyone would enjoy this little peice of Glock history.

Posted: 5/6/2009 10:41:38 AM EDT

[#1]

nice find
the article is pretty funny

Posted: 5/6/2009 10:43:23 AM EDT

[#2]

How much do they cost?

Posted: 5/6/2009 10:46:09 AM EDT

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Quoted:
How much do they cost?

As much as an airport cop's monthly salary.

Posted: 5/6/2009 10:47:05 AM EDT

[#4]

Glock 7's?

Posted: 5/6/2009 10:52:39 AM EDT

[#5]

tag

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Posted: 5/6/2009 10:53:45 AM EDT

[#6]

Top notch reporting as usual.

Posted: 5/6/2009 10:55:51 AM EDT

[#7]

Jack Anderson: Rest in pieces

Posted: 5/6/2009 10:57:31 AM EDT

[#8]

I love Mother Goose and Grimm!

Posted: 5/6/2009 10:57:45 AM EDT

[#9]

Article from 1986?

Posted: 5/6/2009 10:58:07 AM EDT

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Well...

If they didn't know what to look for (because back then, few in airport security had seen polymer handguns), it would indeed be difficult to spot just the barrel and the slide.

And, in fact, the demonstration proves it.

Posted: 5/6/2009 11:09:50 AM EDT

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1985

When the antis were in full furor over the plastic pistol invisible to X-rays.

Posted: 5/6/2009 11:11:22 AM EDT

[#12]

Its a glock 7. Made of porcelain.

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Posted: 5/6/2009 11:11:57 AM EDT

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Quoted:
Well...

If they didn't know what to look for (because back then, few in airport security had seen polymer handguns), it would indeed be difficult to spot just the barrel and the slide.

And, in fact, the demonstration proves it.

Still looks like a gun to me.

Posted: 5/6/2009 11:15:34 AM EDT

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Quoted:
1985

When the antis were in full furor over the plastic pistol invisible to X-rays.

But is says 1986 in the upper left hand corner of the second pic.

Posted: 5/6/2009 11:18:30 AM EDT

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Quoted:

Quoted:

1985

When the antis were in full furor over the plastic pistol invisible to X-rays.

But is says 1986 in the upper left hand corner of the second pic.

Yeah, I saw that. I first posted 1986 and then changed it to 1985 due to what the OP said. I trust him more than I do newspapers.

Posted: 5/6/2009 11:21:02 AM EDT

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I went to Europe in 1985. The Berlin wall was still up, heightened security in the airports (submachine guns all over the place). Check Points at all borders, etc. I wonder if I'd even recognize it if I went back now.

Posted: 5/6/2009 11:24:16 AM EDT

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Quoted:

Quoted:
Well...

If they didn't know what to look for (because back then, few in airport security had seen polymer handguns), it would indeed be difficult to spot just the barrel and the slide.

And, in fact, the demonstration proves it.

Still looks like a gun to me.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc181/Sturmgewehr-58/101Z02.jpg

If he made it through twice, he must have done something right.

Simply putting the frame upright and placing the suitcase so that the frame would be viewed from the top instead of the side would be a good start.