BREAKING: GLOCK Settles Lawsuit with ex-LAPD Police Officer for Child’s Negligent Discharge

By Robert Farago

“[Former LAPD Officer Enrique] Chavez was off-duty and his son, Collin, was in the back of the family truck in 2006 when the 3-year-old grabbed his father’s gun and fired,” mercurynews.com reports. “Chavez was shot and paralyzed from the waist down. Chavez and his wife sued, arguing the gun lacked a grip safety and was too easy to fire. Glock noted that Chavez acknowledged leaving the gun near his child, who wasn’t in a car seat.” GLOCK has settled the suit for an unknown amount. “While the settlement seems to open up GLOCK to other lawsuits, law enforcement sales account for a large amount of their sales. And . . . there you have it.

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