glock sales to law enforcement

**robin2chris** · Posted On: 4/13/2007 4:57pm

during a recent visit to the glock website i read that glock has about 60 percent of all law enforcement pistol sells. does anyone know where that number could be proven or refuted? granted i see alot of leo carrying glocks. the kentucky state police recently switched to them. yet 60 percent sound really high.

**Nid** · Posted On: 4/28/2007 9:44am

Sooo.....

How old are you anyway?

**meataxe** · Posted On: 4/28/2007 11:34am

In Canada, that is all I ever see.

**Abusivemelon** · Posted On: 4/28/2007 11:52am

True or no what will you get out of this?

**Binary** · Posted On: 4/28/2007 12:16pm

Originally Posted by Abusivemelon

True or no what will you get out of this?

The fact that the Glock company was lying about how much it sells to sell more.

...though I'm still with Abusivemelon on this one.

**Abusivemelon** · Posted On: 4/28/2007 3:16pm

Originally Posted by Binary

...though I'm still with Abusivemelon on this one.

Thats all that matters:love8:

**Don Gwinn** · Posted On: 5/01/2007 7:51pm

It's a pretty reasonable figure if you look around.

GLOCK is VERY aggressive in marketing to police departments. They make deals that others weren't willing to make until recently, doing things like buying the department's old guns--and their product is nearly perfect for people who don't train very much or even really understand guns, but want a reliable semi-automatic with a lot of capacity. That's generally the kind of person who makes purchasing decisions for a police department.

Smith and Wesson is back with a vengeance with the new M&P models, and Springfield has the XD, but GLOCK has tentacles everywhere now and they're going to be hard to unseat. Smith and Wesson had to learn a hard lesson.

**Yrkoon9** · Posted On: 5/01/2007 8:08pm

The other % I want to know is how many criminals are using Glocks also...

**meataxe** · Posted On: 5/01/2007 9:12pm

Originally Posted by Yrkoon9

The other % I want to know is how many criminals are using Glocks also...

Whenever I see the press conference after a "weapons bust", it looks like a real dogs breakfast... 1911's, UZI's, Luger, assorted .38's, .32's etc. They put anything black and scary in the front.

**kobudo** · Posted On: 5/03/2007 3:31pm

The police in my area purchase their own weapon (with a $2000 uniform and equipment allowance upon hiring, plus a little more annually to replace worn/damaged stuff). They all seem to carry Glock .45s.