From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Big Mongo  wrote:   
      
   >Gaston Glock: Inventor of popular handgun dies aged 94   
      
   >27th December 2023, 10:51 EST   
      
   >Gaston Glock, the Austrian engineer who invented the Glock handgun, has   
   >died aged 94.   
      
   >The Glock company said in a statement that its founder's life's work   
   >would "continue in his spirit".   
      
   >The weapon has been used by armed forces, security personnel, gun owners   
   >and criminals around the world.   
      
   Fair play! They sold to both the police and criminals.   
      
   >Its rise was cemented by American pop culture and appearances in   
   >Hollywood blockbusters including science-fiction action film The Matrix   
   >Reloaded.   
      
   >Despite the popularity of his creation, Glock has been described as a   
   >reclusive billionaire who spent most of his time at a lakefront estate   
   >in Austria.   
      
   >He was rarely in the news, only making headlines when a book about his   
   >business was published in 2012, after a divorce from his first wife in   
   >2011 and when a business associate tried to have him killed in the late   
   >1990s.   
      
   >In the latter incident, the hired attacker, a professional wrestler,   
   >beat him seven times on the head with a rubber mallet but Glock, then   
   >70, fought back and managed to knock out his assailant.   
      
   Good for him.   
      
   But honestly, to assasinate a weapons manufacturer, one hires a small   
   team of well-trained murderers armed with machine guns. A wrestler with   
   a rubber mallet? Yeah, I guess that could result in death but it would   
   sure take a long time.   
      
   >. . .   
      
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