in response, clint eastwood's dirty harry had the famous mechem. the glock introduced in the 1980's inherited all aspects of the american firearm heritage to do was seen as an instrument of small and security but also danger and fear. can the hand gun of choice for copps and a favorite of some demented muscular. it's black plastic and metal construction set it apart from everything on the market. suggesting modernism it yet the and efficiency. now that darker side of the american gun tradition in modern times has resulted in the gun-control movement. we have a significant section of the american society that skeptical governorship. efforts to restrict the sale and ownership of handguns were directed at the block in particular from the moment they arrived in this country, the fact that it had such a large capacity that was made of materials that haven't traditionally been used in making guns made it a target for gun control of tickets. but time and again, beginning in the 1980's and continuing to the present, efforts to restrict the glock have backf