There are a lot of better range and competition pistols (speed, accuracy & ergonomics) than a Glock, although a Glock in the right hands can keep up with any of those pistols.
The Glock's strength is it's simplicity and reliability and it's unmatched track record in these areas. Glock's do have stoppages and they do break, but those occasions are rare, and are usually the result of ten's of thousands of rounds down range, or shooters tinkering with their pistols, or using reloads.
Glock's are offered to LE organizations at a discount, but if they started having issues with them, they would not continue to use them for long. Liability to the public, and sworn members, is way more costly to an organization than the price of new pistols. A major department (1500-2000 sworn members) can be outfitted with a new pistol for $750,000 to $1,000,000. Which is pittance in a budget of $300,000,000 to $400,000,000 per year for large departments. One lawsuit related to a firearm malfunction where someone is seriously injured, or killed, unintentionally, or because the gun failed to function, could cost ten times the price of the entire departments allotment of pistols.
I hated Glocks out of ignorance, but I learned to respect them, and then eventually really like them. There will always be a place for a Glock in my gun safe.
The Glock's strength is it's simplicity and reliability and it's unmatched track record in these areas. Glock's do have stoppages and they do break, but those occasions are rare, and are usually the result of ten's of thousands of rounds down range, or shooters tinkering with their pistols, or using reloads.
Glock's are offered to LE organizations at a discount, but if they started having issues with them, they would not continue to use them for long. Liability to the public, and sworn members, is way more costly to an organization than the price of new pistols. A major department (1500-2000 sworn members) can be outfitted with a new pistol for $750,000 to $1,000,000. Which is pittance in a budget of $300,000,000 to $400,000,000 per year for large departments. One lawsuit related to a firearm malfunction where someone is seriously injured, or killed, unintentionally, or because the gun failed to function, could cost ten times the price of the entire departments allotment of pistols.
I hated Glocks out of ignorance, but I learned to respect them, and then eventually really like them. There will always be a place for a Glock in my gun safe.
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