Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 3/4/2010 6:26 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Hey Mark: >> Why does Glock sell small shovels? I'm asking seriously. I mean my first >> thought was, if you have a Glock can't you just force others to dig >> trenches >> for you with their hands? But no, I mean it, why do they sell these?> >> snip >> > Because if your gun jams you can hit the guy over the head with your > shovel? > If its made by Glock you can hit him repeatedly before running out of hits. > I think warfare has usually been all about finding the deepest hole and > climbing in it. A solder loves his shovel. Without one he'd have not hole > to > climb in. > I think Bill Mauldin goes into this with his Willie and Joe, series. > Which he won a Pulitzer for. > http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080513/willie-joe_l.jpg > > > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > It is just another good thing to have in your trunk, like flashlights and blankets - not meant for digging trenches, just light or emergency use. It is also a small saw. It is maybe another Gaston Glock invention. As I recall, he had no firearms experience before he designed the Glock "safe action" pistol, intended for police to make an easy transition from the old-fashioned revolvers to a semi-auto weapon. Obviously it was a big hit. There was also another guy, far less well known, who had never held a gun but invented a conversion so that only its owner could fire it - popular with undercover folk. My wife and sister each have one. I am nice to them. Very nice.