Ex-wife of Glock founder sues him over millions

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By KATE BRUMBACK

ATLANTA (AP) — The ex-wife of Gaston Glock, founder of the firearms company, in a lawsuit Thursday accused him and his associates of conspiring to cheat her out of millions of dollars.

They participated in a worldwide racketeering scheme aimed at taking money from Helga Glock through various criminal methods, including improper royalty payments, laundering money through fraudulent billing companies, and sham lease and loan agreements, the lawsuit claims.

They "stole and laundered money using a tangled web of fictive legal relationships, offshore business entities, and international financial transactions," the lawsuit says.

A woman who answered the phone in the media relations department at Glock Inc., the company's U.S. headquarters referred questions to the company's lawyer but then hung up before giving a name or contact number. She did not answer when called back and did not immediately return a message.

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20141009/us-glock-lawsuit-65403d39e8.html

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. You'd think a company whose business was killing people would be more ethical than that.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. lol....

you win the thread!

[Demeter]

7. You would think they were more "efficient" in dealing with annoying people

[AtheistCrusader]

14. I was going to point out Glock is one of the largest suppliers to police departments but...

They like to kill people too.. So. Joke ruined.

[Tom Ripley]

48. Well done!

[flamin lib]

2. Morals, ethics and responsibility don't apply to gun manufacturers.

If they did there wouldn't be a special exemption from the safe products act. Any other manufacturer would have been legislated out of business long ago. The safetsafety and trigger pressure is so light that Blocks often go off in the holster resulting in leg wounds known in the gunner community as "glock syndrome".

[EX500rider]

6. Glocks trigger pull of 5 lbs is pretty average..

Nobodies Glock ever went off in the holster without them stupidly putting their finger on the trigger while pulling it out.

[hunter]

9. It's not about the trigger pull...

... it's about dim-witted Glock fetishists and the power of marketing.

[AtheistCrusader]

13. My springfield can't even if something does. Like the retention strap on the holster.

I consider the glock safety system unsafe, but it has survived courtroom consideration, so, there's that at least.

[EX500rider]

41. I've had several since the late 80's...

....times they have gone off with out pulling the trigger=zero

As a matter of fact when the Austrian Army was testing Glocks they dropped a loaded one 10 feet to a concrete floor 10,000 times with zero damage or misfires.

[ileus]

45. You're a "safe action" non believer...

As for me and my family we're hammer fired.


Well except for a few strikers....but no glocks.

[Lurks Often]

10. Making things up again?

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Here is the law in question: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/chapter-105

It does NOT prevent people from suing a gun maker if the product is defective or if the gun maker broke the law in the distribution of the firearm.

If you cut yourself with a kitchen knife do you sue the knife maker?

[flamin lib]

16. See # 15 nt

[Lurks Often]

20. More nonsense from you.

You obviously don't think firearms are regulated enough, but to believe that they aren't regulated at all is absurd.

[flamin lib]

22. They are specifically exempted from the Consumer Product Safety Act.

That act can force a recall of everything from toys to jumbo jets, yet firearms are exempt. In 1996 and again in 2003 S1224 was introduced to correct that but never made it out of committee.

George Zimmermanwe's gun does not have a mechanical safety device at all. How can that be a good idea for a consumer product? What power does the federal government have to recall it or for e the manufacturer to correct this defect?

Take your gun hugging affections back to the gungeon and let the grown ups have a discussion.

[hack89]

23. They can be sued for defective defective products or breaking distribution laws

However, both manufacturers and dealers can still be held liable for damages resulting from defective products, breach of contract, criminal misconduct, and other actions for which they are directly responsible in much the same manner that any U.S. based manufacturer of consumer products (i.e. automobiles, appliances, power tools, etc.) are held responsible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_of_Lawful_Commerce_in_Arms_Act

you need to stop spreading lies.

[flamin lib]

25. And you need to go back to the gungeon where you can

Make up facts and avoid any disussion on gun violence by picking nits with all your ammosexual friends.

They can be sued in civil court by anyone with a few hundred thousand $$ but the government cannot force a recall.

How well would you fare against the gun industry mega bucks? Can you afford to hire a lawyer at $700 an hour? Glock can.

[hack89]

27. Why can't they force a recall?

can you cite from the actual law? Isn't it time you actually back up your statements with some actual links? You have read the law, haven't you?

[hack89]

31. Here is a long list of gun recalls

http://www.gunlawmatters.com/guns-ammo-and-injury-law/gun-recalls.html

[hack89]

24. The Kel-Tec PF-9 has an internal hammer block safety

it cannot be fired unless the trigger is pulled. Which is what you expect from a handgun.

[flamin lib]

26. I'm typing this real slow because you seem to read badly.

There is no mechanical safety device on that pistol to prevent a negligent discharge.

[hack89]

29. Besides an internal safety and a long double action trigger pull that is.

can you show that particular pistol has a history of negligent discharges or are you just pulling another fact out of your butt?

[flamin lib]

37. Is there a mechanical device that would prevent the gun from discharging I'd there were a

Round in the chamber and the trigger were inadvertantly pulled? No.

The degree of obfuscation and avoidance of discussion along with the GITMO style torture of logic in amazing.

[hack89]

39. Isn't the proof of how safe a gun is the number of accidental discharges?

can you show that this gun is actually unsafe besides your feelings on what is required?

Very few double action handguns have mechanical safeties because the trigger pull first has to cock the weapon - the gun will not fire as soon as the trigger is pulled. The fact that accidental shootings has steadily decline for decades indicates that guns are safe.

The ATF regulates gun safety. They have the power to pull unsafe weapons off the market. And don't forget that gun manufacturers can be sued for defective and dangerous products. Ask Remington about that.

[ileus]

46. anyone who has trigger time with a pf9 will tell you..

they're not going off without pulling (really hard) on the trigger intentionally.

[Lurks Often]

32. Grown ups don't have to lie and distort facts to make their point

which is something you don't seem capable of.

The Keltec is just as safe as a regular revolver, which relies on a long trigger pull to prevent it from going off by accident. Oh and you're wrong yet again, the Kel Tec PF-9 has an automatic hammer block safety, which prevents the gun from going off unless the trigger is pulled.

"Firing mechanism is Double-Action Only with an automatic hammer block safety."
http://www.keltecweapons.com/our-guns/pf-9/pistol/

[hack89]

35. Jumbo jets are specifically exempt from the Consumer Product Safety Act

The CPSA excludes from CPSC's jurisdiction those products that expressly lie in another federal agency's jurisdiction, for example food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, tobacco products, firearms and ammunition, motor vehicles, pesticides, aircraft, and boats. These products may fall under the purview of agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Environment Protection Agency, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, and the U.S. Coast Guard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Product_Safety_Act

[hack89]

11. Gun manufacturers can be sued for defective products

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what you cannot sue them for are the criminal acts of others. Which is what gun control groups tried to do in a concerted campaign to put them out of business.

[flamin lib]

15. Unlike other products like autos or chainsaws the government is forbidden from interfering

With gun makers.

Only individuals with enough money and time can bring a civil suit.

[hack89]

17. Bullshit. Go read the actual law.

It does not say what you think it says.

[flamin lib]

18. Bullshit right back at cha. nt

[hack89]

19. Give us a cite from the actual law

Show us in black and white that gun manufacturers are immune from all law suits.

[flamin lib]

28. One more time. The federal government cannot force a recall on gun manufacturers. nt

[hack89]

30. Again - show us the pertinent section of the law

you need to back up your assertion

[flamin lib]

34. The cpsa was amended in 1976 to exempt

"Firearms, ammunition, parts for firearms and black powder".

Prove me wrong.

[hack89]

36. Many things are specifically exempted from the CPSA but are still subjected to recalls.

The CPSA excludes from CPSC's jurisdiction those products that expressly lie in another federal agency's jurisdiction, for example food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, tobacco products, firearms and ammunition, motor vehicles, pesticides, aircraft, and boats. These products may fall under the purview of agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Environment Protection Agency, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, and the U.S. Coast Guard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Product_Safety_Act

That does not mean the government cannot force a recall. Cars are exempted, for example, yet thousands are recalled every year. And are you trying to tell me that the FDA can't force the recall of tainted food?

[flamin lib]

38. Ya can find all that but ya can't find the part about firearms and ammo?

I can put up with a lot of shit from people who are passionate but not from people who are intentionally ignorant and too stubborn to see an opposing viewpoint regardless of validity and facts.

Welcome to my ignore list.

[hack89]

40. I am agreeing with you on the CPSA.

stop looking so hard for a fight.

[hack89]

33. Here is a long list of gun recalls

http://www.gunlawmatters.com/guns-ammo-and-injury-law/gun-recalls.html

[Hoyt]

3. No empathy for those who profit from guns.

[onehandle]

5. Good. All merchants of death should be sued.

Every gun dealer. Every gun maker.

Name them. Hound them. Sue them.

[Erose999]

21. +1

[EX500rider]

42. Yes Lord forbid if someones wants to hunt or protect themselves...

[onehandle]

43. Wow! I had no idea that every gun owner was a gun dealer/manufacturer too.

The things you learn on librul forums.

[EX500rider]

44. Are we expected to make our own?

If not manufacturers and dealers come in handy.

[valerief]

8. I want to be the first one say, "Sorry about the ex-Mrs. Glock's fatal accident." nt

[Sunlei]

12. nothing like a divorce settlement fight to out the white collar Corp crimes.

[ileus]

47. Wonder if she'll buy HS Produkt???