Creator of the Glock switch regrets his invention

[u/No_Role9162]

[u/Arnie_T]

But he’ll keep the money, thank you very much.

[u/brolarbear → u/Arnie_T]

Are they gonna turn in their yachts?!

[u/Number174631503 → u/brolarbear]

[u/inflatable_pickle → u/Arnie_T]

“I wish I would’ve created something that didn’t result in the death of thousands.” - says millionaire sitting in his mansion, with his pipe and slippers and trophy wife.

[u/rimshot101 → u/inflatable_pickle]

But a simple device that turns a handgun into a machine pistol seemed like such a peaceful idea at the time...

[u/inflatable_pickle → u/rimshot101]

“I want people to be able to fire more deadly projectiles quicker and in more abundance than they would previously have been able to do with their own finger, and the capabilities of the weapon. I can think of so many peaceful uses!.”

[u/rusty_bucket_bay → u/inflatable_pickle]

Stop being hyperbolic I've managed to knock in plenty of nails with this adapter over the years. Very quick and easy to use and I've only been to the ER a half dozen tims. Plus I hear Oscar Pistorious found a use for this as well to communicate through closed doors.

[u/CasperBirb → u/inflatable_pickle]

Where's the contradiction?

[u/SufficientGreek → u/Arnie_T]

Leon said he offered the device to police departments and the military at what he described as a low price. He estimates he has made little money on the device and ceased manufacturing it several years ago

source

[u/thegreedyturtle → u/SufficientGreek]

The real fucked part is he told Glock how to change their pistol so it wouldn't work. 

 It's a Glock switch because Glock is the only handguns with the design "feature" that can be exploited to work with.

Newsflash: they didn't.

[u/Goldteethgod817 → u/thegreedyturtle]

I wanna say the gen 4/5’s have a diff little component that make the auto sear ineffective and mostly not usable. But obviously everyone just makes and purchases gen 3’s and goes from there.

[u/Few_Staff976 → u/thegreedyturtle]

That’s not really true whatsoever. The majority of firearms have features that make sure the striker or hammer can’t fall unless the bolt or slide is completely closed and the trigger has actually been pressed.

And that’s a good thing. It ensures that if for some reason the slide/bolt didn’t completely close it won’t set off the round (which then would detonate outside the chamber which can be dangerous). It also makes sure that dropping the firearm won’t set it off.

This is present on pretty much all modern autoloading firearms. If you use purpose built custom made parts you can do the same to all of them.

[u/Sudden_Season3306 → u/thegreedyturtle]

Glock is a Striker fired pistol,so it's not even close to being true that it's the only pistol it will work with! Little different design to be used on other handguns, but yeah! The Pedersen device was made to turn bolt action rifles into semi-auto rifles with a simple modified bolt! The firearm advances will never sease to exist! They have a device that turns a break action shotgun into a self loading design when the action is opened up!

[u/Affectionate-Ask6876 → u/SufficientGreek]

How do you estimate you made little money on something… unless you have so much money that it’s actually quite a chunk of change even if it’s nowhere near as much as your more profitable business ventures? Like I don’t think I might have made a little money selling drugs, I spent a lot of money on it. Made nothing. I’m not wondering about it like I’m not sure lol

That just seems to me like the kind of thing you’d say if you had a huge amount of money and still made hundreds of thousand or even a couple million off of it. Might not be much to him but if he’s having to estimate it’s definitely nowhere near zero.

[u/30carbine → u/Affectionate-Ask6876]

Glock switches were never legally sold on the US civilian market. The 1986 machine gun ban prevented this and switches were invented in 1987.

Glock switches are manufactured by the truckload overseas and imported illegally for dirt cheap.

[u/Secret-One2890 → u/Affectionate-Ask6876]

The legitimate market for it is almost negligible, I'd be surprised if he even got to a hundred thousand.

[u/3rdtryatremembering → u/Affectionate-Ask6876]

lol I like how you’re just making up a bunch of stuff to believe with no evidence other than it’s what you want to believe. Good stuff.

[u/BucNassty → u/Arnie_T]

Among “teens” lmao

[u/mikki1time → u/Arnie_T]

It’s the 3D printer companies making the money, Glock doesn’t sell thesr

[u/PaulNewhouse → u/Arnie_T]

Of course. Most would.

[u/TenshiS → u/Arnie_T]

I don't get this logic. Would giving it back undo anything or turn back time?

[u/Few_Staff976 → u/Arnie_T]

He doesn’t make money from it.

The people selling switches are getting them from factories in China and are breaking the law. Do you think those factories are paying him royalties or something?

[u/TheMountainHobbit → u/Arnie_T]

lol you think this guy made bank off this, he’s probably doing fine but I doubt he’s even in the 10M net worth arena maybe not even 1M his patent expired in 2016, everyone selling it today pays him nothing.

These things have also been illegal in the US, so he definitely wasn’t making any money from the people who infringed his patents to sell them here.

[u/hartforbj → u/Arnie_T]

Most people that invent things rarely see much money from it. Especially if they work for a company

[u/daverapp]

Okay but what is it

Edit: thank you all for answering, you can stop answering now

[u/derFreundlichste → u/daverapp]

it makes a pistol go from pew - pew - pew to pewpewpew. (it enables weapons to fire automatic which where not sold to do it.)

[u/Skeltzjones → u/derFreundlichste]

So like a bump stock for pistols? Sorry, I don’t know guns

[u/WorkingDogAddict1 → u/Skeltzjones]

No, it's full auto

[u/icguy333 → u/WorkingDogAddict1]

No full auto in the building!

[u/Phuzz15 → u/icguy333]

DUDE NO FULL AUTOOOO

That's not full auto. This is full auto.

BRRRRRRRRRRT

[u/BaconAlmighty → u/Phuzz15]

[u/Objective-Insect-839 → u/Phuzz15]

That video lives rent-free in my head.

[u/Ryachaz → u/Objective-Insect-839]

That video is like a good friend dropping by unannounced. Not always there, but always a welcome and familiar surprise to see again.

[u/etopata → u/Objective-Insect-839]

Does it pay utilities tho

[u/MiaTheEstrogenAddict → u/Phuzz15]

"Damn Bro ok"

[u/Oclure → u/Phuzz15]

Dayum bro..OkAy

[u/MasyMenosSiPodemos → u/Phuzz15]

Okaaaaayyyyy

[u/Fecal-Facts → u/WorkingDogAddict1]

It's also wildly uncontrollable.

I had the pleasure of shooting a g18 and while fun it's so impractical.

[u/thepilotofepic → u/Fecal-Facts]

I got kicked out of a range for destroying a light with one

[u/Fecal-Facts → u/thepilotofepic]

I mean that's on the range lmao 

[u/thepilotofepic → u/Fecal-Facts]

I kinda limp wristed it tbf

[u/Fecal-Facts → u/thepilotofepic]

I mean it's easier than you think with something small and automatic that's another reason it's impractical.

Even military m4s 99 percent of the time it's single fire.

Still those this shouldn't be as easy to get or make as it is.

[u/Peripatetictyl → u/thepilotofepic]

...everything reminds me of her

[u/Pennypacker-HE → u/Fecal-Facts]

Doesn’t matter if you’re a mass shooter firing into a crowded space.

[u/MayDuppname → u/Pennypacker-HE]

Things like that are so rare in most of the world it feels mad that this is normality in another relatively rich, civilised western country. And people fight to keep it that way. 

[u/paleface_gringo_2 → u/MayDuppname]

Why would Americans want to forfeit their rights? Why should I as a lifelong gun owner be punished for the actions of a few freaks. We've already had nationwide bans on "assault rifles" and they proved to have absolutely zero impact on violent crimes (they rose during that time). The vast majority of gun violence in this country is self inflicted then after that the vast majority is due to gang violence where the perpetrators gain their guns illegally. Banning the average citizens from their rights will only serve to benefit those that are not willing to follow laws. I live in a place where police response takes at the very least 45 mins, I cannot depend on the government to help keep me and my family safe from a would be attacker.

Edit: just adding that I'm leaving this comment knowing full well it will be massively unpopular and no amount of namecalling or down votes will ever change my opinion on the matter.

Edit 2: if you're going to respond with some smart ass quip rather than a genuine response then don't bother, I'm just going to block you if you throw any personal insults. I have no issue with people challenging my positions but I do have issue with juvenile personal attacks that don't add anything to the discussion.

[u/MayDuppname → u/paleface_gringo_2]

I expected loads of down votes for my original comment too. My friend, you're free to have your opinion and it is more valid than mine, since you live there and I don't. But.

Almost one fifth of your population are functionally illiterate, I learned from Reddit this week. You've had 385 mass shootings so far this year - more than one a day. 

Countries with gun controls also still have illegal firearms, but far fewer, and they don't often have people randomly killing others in shooting sprees. In fact, it's virtually unheard of in Europe. 

I totally understand that you have a large territory to defend against other people who may be armed, and that your approach is totally necessary in your situation, but it isn't like that in other countries. That's all I was saying.

[u/paleface_gringo_2 → u/MayDuppname]

First I want to say I appreciate the genuine and thought out response, more often than not when making a comment like mine it's immediately dismissed and just leads to insults being thrown my direction rather than an actual response. So thank you.

I wouldn't say my opinion has any more validity. That's the great thing about opinions, we're all entitled to our own no matter how ridiculous they are. ( I'm not implying yours is ridiculous btw, I get it to an extent when you look at the US from the outside.)

Almost one fifth of your population are functionally illiterate

Unfortunately I believe it's more than a fifth lol but that's a whole other discussion in my opinion.

You've had 385 mass shootings so far this year - more than one a day

When you say and read mass shooting there is an instant image that comes to mind. A psycho going into a public space with an ar15 and unloading on a mass of innocent and random bystanders. But the reality is that this is very rare. About 3% of gun deaths are caused by semi automatic rifles like the ar15. The heavy majority of these mass shootings are gang members spraying up a block of their rivals, most of which are committed with handguns like a glock. Putting a nationwide ban on these guns isn't going to curve the violence when the criminals are already evading the law when it comes to gaining possession of these Firearms. Making it harder for me to buy and possess Firearms isn't going to stop the gang members from getting theirs and continuing their cycle of violence that dramatically inflate these stats.

Countries with gun controls also still have illegal firearms, but far fewer, and they don't often have people randomly killing others in shooting sprees. In fact, it's virtually unheard of in Europe

That may be true but did these countries ever have a point when there was more Firearms than people? Becasue there are millions more guns than people in the USA. (That's registered guns that are documented ) and I wouldn't say it's unheard of over there (definitelyfar more rare), one of the most infamous mass shootings ever took place in france with illegal machine guns. These shootings pop up in Europe a couple times every year and with the presence of 3d printers gun violence is rising across europe. The USA is roughly the same size as Europe as a whole, comparing our stats to the stats of one European country isn't going to be even close to comparable because the US is such a massive and populated country. All in all, the gun violence in the USA is heavily created by one very small group and suicides (yes suicides are in the stats of most sources but are typically labeled as "gun death") but the media/internet would have you believe it's like mad max over here when in reality it's just not even close to that extreme.

[u/Brave_Chipmunk8231 → u/MayDuppname]

I'm sorry that person exists

Please don't judge all of use on how they are

[u/Old_Yam_4069 → u/MayDuppname]

Hopefully now angry people will realize there are much better targets to take out their frustration on. And all thanks to a healthcare ceo really looking out for us!

[u/Counterakt → u/WorkingDogAddict1]

Never go full auto

[u/Gamer-Of-Le-Tabletop → u/Skeltzjones]

So a bump stock is like a spring loaded stock. So when you fire the gun it recoils backwards into you, then bounces forward into your finger firing another shot. rinse and repeat.

So bump stocks don't make the gun full auto but it does make follow-up shots in rapid succession.

However the Glock switch allows a semi-auto to become full auto

Full auto because the sear is detained when the trigger is pulled allowing the hammer to continuously strike allowing rounds to be fired off as right after recoiling and chambering a new round.

One is an external force (Bump stock) The other is an internal mechanism

[u/FeeblePenguin → u/Gamer-Of-Le-Tabletop]

Striker

[u/russr → u/Skeltzjones]

no, a bump stuck doesn't make a gun full auto....

[u/lil__squeaky → u/Skeltzjones]

No bump stocks made bump firing easier to a less experienced shooter. the weapon still only fires one shot per trigger pull. a switch makes it so you hold down the trigger and it keeps firing.

[u/Pennypacker-HE → u/Skeltzjones]

Basicallt turns a semi-auto Glock pistol ( pull the trigger, shoot once, pull the trigger again shoot again) to fully automatic ( pull the trigger and it will fire in rapid succession until empty)

[u/drNeir → u/Skeltzjones]

Layman's terms, ya, it causes the murder machine to fires more ammo at a faster rate.

The gunpowder addicted will drill all the way down into the patent of Eli Whitney on gun parts to explain how this isnt that and that isnt this when the general answer is its the same or close enough to be the same for the answer you were looking for.

They will argue this subject into the ground to have some sort of relevance and rice paper defense for the need of such weapons when going to bathroom in their own house that has stone walls with no windows, a 18 foot wall with a moat filled with gators as defense against the neighbors porch light that has been flicking them coded message for the past week. They almost have the message.

[u/GnomePenises → u/drNeir]

Maybe people get pedantic after the 10,000th time uninformed politicians try to infringe rights while not knowing the difference between a M240 and a box full of spark plugs.

[u/Tall_Eye4062 → u/drNeir]

A firearm is not a "murder machine." It's a tool for personal defense and recreation.

[u/IamEbola → u/drNeir]

Are you a professional writer? I enjoyed the imagery of your comment.

[u/Overall-Spray7457 → u/derFreundlichste]

Ok followup question. Doesn't this just make your accuracy horrendous? I feel like I would like I would rather have 3 or 4 well placed shots than just blitzing out my whole magazine.

[u/Bezulba → u/Overall-Spray7457]

Absolutely. First round on target the rest in the ceiling. But the chances of poor Tommy getting hit in bed 3 blocks down increase by a lot.

[u/According-Touch-1996 → u/Overall-Spray7457]

Depends on caliber and weapon. A pistol? Typically much worse off unless you brace it against something or fire 5 round bursts near the thigh, allowing it to rise until the last 3 rounds strike the torso. With a low caliber rifle? Much easier to keep on target, though bracing it will still help.

[u/NoFearM8 → u/Overall-Spray7457]

The biggest draw for fully automatic fire in combat situations is for suppressing fire. If you’re trying to use a gun with ANY amount of accuracy you’d fire it in controlled bursts. Fully automatic fire out of hand held firearms is nearly uncontrollable

[u/2raviskamisekasutaja → u/derFreundlichste]

I don't understand why you'd want to pewpewpew when pew-pew-pew is almost as fast but much more accurate

[u/M4NOOB → u/derFreundlichste]

Ah, so when you're in Counter Strike it's the right click with the glock which switches between firemodes

[u/CappinPeanut → u/derFreundlichste]

And he thought this was going to help fight terrorists? Like, seal team 6 was going to roll into Bin Laden’s compound, but they only brought their glocks. Fortunately, they also remembered this little toggle so at least their clock is automatic, now.

Adios terrorist scum!

[u/TheFNKlashclack → u/daverapp]

Ok, since a lot of people seem confused on what this is. It’s basically an exterior mechanism that can be swapped for an otherwise unimportant part of a glocks mechanical function. Not knowing this guys story I’m suspect of his intentions. There is not a good reason to purchase a switch for a military force, since the full auto factory Glock 18 is available. Basically the switch functions as a switchable system that allowed an otherwise unconverted Glock to fire full auto. Copies of this system have been flooding into the United States from China, and are popular with individuals of suspect intentions and legal standing. Go on YouTube and you can find lots of evidence of how common these are, and how they seem to be ignored due to the places they are common.

[u/life_is_comical → u/TheFNKlashclack]

I'm even more confused...

[u/SanSeritsa → u/life_is_comical]

Yeah this guys description is nonsense. It's a component that you can add to a gun to make it fire faster. That's all he needed to say.

[u/RoryDragonsbane → u/life_is_comical]

Normal guns only shoot one bullet when you pull the trigger. This device makes them fire as many as are in the gun with a single trigger pull.

It turns regular guns into machine guns. Machine guns are very difficult to purchase legally, but these devices are much easier to make and buy. This is very illegal, but incredibly difficult for police to stop.

Gang members like them, but in practice they result in a spray of unaimed bullets hitting random passerbys.

[u/that1LPdood → u/daverapp]

It makes the pistol full auto, basically.

[u/pandaSmore → u/daverapp]

A Glock switch (sometimes called a button or a giggle switch) is a small device that can be attached to the rear of the slide of a Glock handgun, changing the semi-automatic pistol into a selective fire machine pistol capable of fully automatic fire. As a type of auto sear, it functions by applying force to the trigger bar to prevent it from limiting fire to one round of ammunition per trigger pull. This device by itself, regardless if it is installed on a slide or not, is considered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to be a machine gun, making possession of the device illegal in the United States under most circumstances.

source

[u/NewVillage6264 → u/[deleted]]

They are also one reason why gang shootings kill so many innocent bystanders. You get some 16 year old kid, probably with a heavy drum or extended magazine, pointing a Glock with a switch he's probably never shot before. Maybe the first shot or two is hitting the target but the rest is spraying into the crowd. There's nothing to brace against like with a rifle.

[u/Superb_Cellist_8869 → u/daverapp]

The edit kills me lmao

[u/daverapp → u/Superb_Cellist_8869]

:(

[u/fgtoni]

Invented it, made a lot of money and enjoyed all the pleasures it had to offer... Years later, with nothing else to spend, felt remorse for the impact on society.

I’ve seen this movie a few times

[u/[deleted] → u/fgtoni]

Reminds me of the story of the guy who founded the Nobel peace prize.

[u/ayetherestherub69 → u/[deleted]]

Hey, Alfred Nobel actually did shit with his money to try and better the world, and created an organization for recognizing great achievements. Much more than this dipshit.

[u/[deleted] → u/ayetherestherub69]

Right right but it took a premature posting of his obituary labeling him a monster to do it. There's no reason this guy couldn't do something similar

[u/joesoldlegs → u/[deleted]]

he created dynamite to make mining safer not profit off of war though

[u/ayetherestherub69 → u/[deleted]]

Maybe, but actions define a man, and Nobel realized what he had created was horrid, and tried to do everything he could to fix it. I see no attempts from this man to do much, despite him "recognizing" what he made has caused the world harm.

[u/SpiderSlitScrotums → u/ayetherestherub69]

What Nobel created wasn’t horrid. It had dual purposes—mining and warfare. He made mining safer.

[u/LilBirdBrick → u/fgtoni]

To be fair it was only relatively recently that switches started circulating around the streets at the rate they do now. Now in most major cities, teenagers are getting their hands on them, that wasn't happening 10 years ago.

[u/-Alfa- → u/LilBirdBrick]

Yeah but I'm a fat redditor who knows best for every moral issue on the planet, and that guy has money so he's evil

Or something

[u/C1138P → u/fgtoni]

“Made a lot of money”. From something that’s never been legally sold on the civilian market and got basically zero govt or police contracts because fully automatic pistol and stupid and uncontrollable? And every Glock switch seen in the US is either illegally 3D printed or bought from China?

[u/sophomoric_dildo]

You can’t hit shit with a full auto pistol. He’s probably actually saved lives.

[u/RatMan314 → u/sophomoric_dildo]

At the same time how many innocent bystanders have been killed by stray rounds. Here in St. Louis, living in the city, you can hear full auto gunfire weekly sometimes. Everyone’s got a switch.

[u/Eva-Squinge → u/RatMan314]

So to counter this we just need to arm about twenty bystanders with a glock equipped with a glock switch and 100 round mags and just let them unload into the neighborhoods where that shit is happening.

Surely even the really stupid ganglosers would understand the message, or be wiped out by the stray fire.

Mostly being sarcastic. Why the flip flapping fuck do we even still have fucking jerkass bangers with guns capable of firing 30 hollow points in their pants while body armor costs more than anyone can afford?!

[u/YoooCakess → u/sophomoric_dildo]

Yes you can… get really close

[u/boikisser69]

But how would rappers make songs

[u/YuckEyo3s5 → u/boikisser69]

😐

[u/Argorian17]

If a device like that is popular amongst teens, I'm not sure that it's really the invention itself that's the core of the problem.

[u/fgtoni → u/Argorian17]

People have trouble to identify the root cause

[u/Mountain-Tea6875 → u/Argorian17]

If this didn't exist those teens would still have guns. So the issue remains.

[u/ExBx]

Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't switch it off!

[u/Bomberblast → u/ExBx]

Unless it's one of your movies

[u/Popcorn57252 → u/Bomberblast]

WHO WON?!?! WHO'S NEXT??? YOU DECIDE

[u/Phoenixbiker261 → u/Popcorn57252]

FIND OUT NEXT TIME ON

DRAGON BALL Z

[u/HopelessMagic → u/Popcorn57252]

raspy Epic Rap Battles of History

[u/Sky2128 → u/Bomberblast]

In which case, I'd just turn it off!!!

[u/Dank_Sinatra_87]

I'm sure he really hates all the money it made him.

[u/HolyShirtsnPantsss]

[u/SaltedPaint]

It's a humanity problem not a inventor problem

[u/NissEhkiin]

So give the money back then?

[u/CatfishHunter1]

I've shot with one. It dialed my accuracy down to about 10%.

[u/Gotnotimeforcrap]

Henry Ford… same deal

[u/Koalasonreddit → u/[deleted]]

He said clearly he only wanted it to be used on poor people in developing countries.

[u/ConfusedAndCurious17 → u/Koalasonreddit]

Which doesn’t even make sense, because if the military wanted a full auto pistol they would contract one to be designed, not toss in a mod on a semiautomatic. Why would they buy these when they have nearly infinite funds to develop or buy complete weapon systems? Also the use cases for a full auto handgun are slim to none when you have access to far better tools. I can’t imagine why I would want to inaccurately launch a ton of projectiles in a short range with little accuracy or control.

[u/Research_Firearms → u/ConfusedAndCurious17]

This came out the year after the Glock 18 was first introduced. Not every military is willing to spend a ton of money on the latest and greatest side arm to get this feature. It was ment so they could spend a fraction of that money to upgrade there current Glock side arms to achieve the same effect. The Glock 18 was not very popular for the reason of it being impractical and not accurate thus they no longer manufacture it unless specially ordered. We

[u/a_collier → u/ConfusedAndCurious17]

This was my thought and I chalked it up to flawed civilian ideas about how combat arms functions. I’ve carried a pistol overseas and it is simply a sidearm. The rifles we carry can go full auto but you’ll get destroyed by your leadership if they see a soldier blowing through his rounds. Tbh, most of an infantry companies firepower comes from the MGs. The riflemen are more valuable as maneuver pieces. If a pistol is being used everything has gone to shit and I’m probably going to be trying to use those couple precious pistol mags somewhat efficiently before I’m reduced to clubbing people.

[u/mkosmo → u/[deleted]]

All of the above have occurred as the result of human conflict, though. Defense research has improved every one of those things.

[u/Mychal757]

Glock switches are illegal. I'm pretty sure automatic weapons required special license back then

[u/The_Conductor7274 → u/Mychal757]

Correct, and yes you still need a license to own an automatic weapon.

[u/DudeitsFish]

Bro literally invented a smiple drop in auto sear. What did he genuinely expect to come out of it? lol

[u/discounttrophyhubbin]

To take credit for an auto sear is pretty rich..

[u/dgghhuhhb → u/discounttrophyhubbin]

Especially when the Glock 18 was already invented like ten years ago

[u/Iwan787]

Whats Glock switch

[u/Dawn_Blade → u/Iwan787]

Turns a glock pistol to fully automatic So all you have to Do is hold down the trigger to shoot a full magazine of ammo

[u/Jigglybutt213]

I only mess with the Nintendo switch.

[u/evmanjapan]

For those that don’t live in America;

A Glock switch is a small, illegal device that can be attached to the back of a Glock pistol (a popular brand of handgun). Its purpose is to convert the pistol from semi-automatic to fully automatic. • Semi-automatic: In its normal state, a Glock pistol fires one bullet each time you pull the trigger. • Fully automatic: With a Glock switch, the gun will continuously fire bullets as long as the trigger is held down, similar to a machine gun.

The switch is extremely dangerous because it drastically increases the weapon’s firing rate, making it harder to control and more likely to cause unintended harm. It is also illegal in most places because it effectively turns a handgun into an unregulated machine gun, which poses a significant public safety risk.

[u/CollateralCoyote]

In all fairness, you can make an auto-sear at home out of .05 cents with if aluminum. Same for rifles. If this guy didn't make it 100 other people + China would have.

The real issue is the legal system being weak on these kinds off gun crimes. Usually because black individuals use them and they don't want to come across as racist or not "understanding the black victimhood."

Yet another example of how guns aren't the problem, people are.

[u/LivingHighAndWise]

I've fired a Glock with an auto-fire modification. Let me tell you it's like holding a scared cat on the end of a fire hose. Completely impractical unless your goal is to empty your clip in random directions as quickly as possible.

[u/CreEngineer]

I am an engineer and years ago I kinda intended to join Glock or steyer in the weapons department.

Almost all friends I told about this were shocked. I would see this quite neutral, I am just there to create, not to ethically evaluate my creation.

[u/p-graphic79]

Well ya didnt shit head.

[u/ObiJuanKenobi3]

He expected the military to need to use an aftermarket component to turn their handguns into super unwieldy machine pistols? If this is true then that's extremely naive lol.

[u/KevinCW99 → u/ObiJuanKenobi3]

They have their place. They make sense for a helicopter pilot to defend themselves in the event of a crash in hostile territory or as part of the defensive weapons of a tank crew who has to bail out after their vehicle is disabled.

But beyond these or other very niche uses they are a very limited in their utility.

[u/ralphbuffalo]

Yes you really need a full auto anemic pistol cartridge to "fight terrorism".

[u/Craigthenurse → u/ralphbuffalo]

9mm is not anemic it is a good compromise between power and controllability especially in fully automatic weapons for use against unarmored targets (like most terrorist groups) in CQB.

[u/Kickstand8604]

Alfred nobel has entered the thread

[u/Imaginary_Ad_5568]

Switch his ass down too

[u/goldlasagna84]

even if he didn't invent it, someone else would do it eventually.

[u/lord__darko]

Glockenheimer

[u/Twfish2013]

If he didn’t then someone else would have, it’s a super simple solution

[u/SirliftStuff]

If he didnt someone else would

[u/ButterflySpecial6324]

Yeah alright. Then he can donate his earnings to research or some shit.

[u/nocturnalsun777]

The guy made the nobel prize shit said the same thing about dynamite

[u/Timsterfield]

Now I want one....

[u/dylmir]

Man should collect royalties from every memphis based rapper alive today.

[u/darcenator411]

It’s only okay when we use it to kill people in the Middle East!

[u/NF_99]

I'd rather be shot at with full-auto glock than semi-auto or burst-fire glock

[u/Msanthropy1250]

He essentially built more death into his death machines.

But he feels bad about it. So it’s ok, right?

Fuck off

[u/Competitive_Coat9599]

His linage might be just as cursed as the Winchester family!

[u/MarMar47]

F off.

[u/Remarkable_Attorney3]

He’s pretty much like Tommy Hilfiger and Sprite.

[u/xLand5harkx]

They’re not that difficult to figure out and make.

[u/Green_Dragon_Soars]

Bro wanted to sell it to terrorists to fight terrorism but ended up selling to terrorists instead.

[u/SkiDaderino]

Someone else would have, surely, if he hadn't. No?

[u/Hanson3745]

He's not returning any of the money

[u/BluePenWizard]

What military are you selling to that'll buy such a shit brand?

[u/CalibanBanHammer]

Oppenheimer ahh sentiment. "Oh no, the thing I built to kill people is being used to kill people, why the fuck didn't anyone tell me this was gonna happen"

[u/LukePendergrass]

How Nobel of him…

[u/banjo_hero]

"made a gun thing for the military to combat terrorism" = doesn't understand terrorism

[u/TheWrathofAres]

Look guys we got a 'Oppenheimer wannabe'.

[u/griffs_charisma]

give to the US military to combat terrorism? Oh the irony… give the creation to the very source of colonial terrorism

[u/HOT-SAUCE-JUNKIE]

Switches get stitches?

[u/u_r_succulent]

“This was meant to kill BROWN children! Not WHITE children!”

[u/Bottle-Brave]

Apparently, the bulk of this sub thinks this is about the inventor of Glock guns.

[u/SgtMoose42]

Making MANY firearms full auto isn't very hard.

An SKS can go full auto if the firing pin sticks forward. Which would be trivial to do.

To the ATF, yes I own an SKS, no I do not want it to fire full auto, nor would I convert it to do so.

[u/Coffee_is_gud]

Just now?

[u/91361_throwaway]

[u/MrG00SEI]

If by teens he meant retarded gang bangers.

[u/TheNiteFather]

Guns were created for a single purpose and it was never for protection or hunting.

[u/Cyber_Insecurity]

It’s not his fault teenagers have guns.

[u/AdditionalAd9794]

It's super simple, had he not invented it, someone else would have a month later

[u/OJimmy]

It makes a glock handgun into a fully automatic? Holy sh!t

[u/Atroxman]

It'll be said Criminals don't give a shit about laws

[u/gizmosticles]

I think Alfred Nobel knows a thing or two about that

[u/UnMonsieurTriste]

I meant it as a good way of killing people, not a bad way of killing people!

[u/Dayreach]

The miltary already had access to proper automatic firearms that might even actually be stable enough to hit a target with, why did Leon think they needed poorly designed jury rigged automatic pistols that are just two seconds of uncontrollable bullet spray? This sounds like bullshit

[u/Lanky_Republic_2102]

Klashnikov also had some regret that a rifle he developed to defend the Motherland caused so much death around the world.

[u/MarcusSmartfor3]

It would have been invented by someone else eventually

[u/JG45250]

A hollow gesture

[u/RPgh21]

Yeah but think of all the rap songs we got out of it…

[u/tianavitoli]

my favorite was dudes in Chicago telling the new venezuelan gangs trying to take over territory

hey, over here is just like where you from...

'cept we got switches

[u/Keinrichie]

Great now pull an Alfred Nobel.

[u/badbunnyjiggly]

Hate everything about this post and the comments

[u/bayygel]

Oh no, my killing-people-fasterinator has helped more people kill faster, whatever have I done

[u/End_Tough]

On the 12th day of switchmas my gen 5 sang to me 😂

[u/Effect-Kitchen]

“Among teens”

Wait, you mean teens can get a gun?

[u/ZeusTheRecluse]

A Glock switch (sometimes called a button or a giggle switch)1])2])3]) is a small device that can be attached to the rear of the slide of a Glock handgun, changing the semi-automatic pistol into a selective fire machine pistol capable of fully automatic fire.

[u/[deleted]]

creates a deadly weapon modification that serves no purpose other than to kill faster

"Oh no! If only I knew the kill machine would be used to kill!"

Is he stupid?

[u/RaechelMaelstrom]

Did you know the inventor of the Gatling gun thought that by being able to shoot more bullets faster, with just one person, less soldiers would have to fight in war? It was supposed to save lives. I don't think it worked though.

[u/Expensive_Ball_5143]

I wouldn't, shits sick af

[u/One-Run5782]

This is not the guy who created the Glock. That was Gaston Glock. This guy made the aftermarket fiddly bit to make the Glock squirt bullets faster…

Glock designed their own fully automatic pistol entirely separately from this modification.

[u/dangerclosecustoms]

Let the bad guys spray and pray and waste their ammo. Well placed aim shots win, not automatic magazine dumps in a pistol. So it does save lives. Just not those of the bad guys…

[u/Fatkat1963]

What came first the glock or the switch ?

[u/Designer_Head_1024]

I think this is bullshit. Glock already had an automatic pistol, the model 18. Why would they need a different worse version of that??

[u/AThrowawayProbrably]

Breaking News: Man creates device that causes death & destruction: regrets device causing death & destruction

[u/mikki1time]

The 3D printer is more responsible in my opinion. Very few “switches” are legit Glock auto sears

[u/prettybluefoxes]

One mans terrorist etc. i guess he can donate his wealth to appropriate charities/organisations to help ease his conscience.

[u/FoeTeen]

It’s such a simple design, he was just the first to put it out there. Somebody else would’ve 100% came along and “invent” it

[u/AnonomousNibba338]

Honestly, he shouldn't feel that bad. If he didn't, someone else would. He just happened to make it first.

[u/Unhelpful_Applause]

Don’t like what guns do, don’t build guns for living.

[u/SlickHoneyCougar]

Pfft it’s so simple someone would have anyway