New Pistol, Magazine Policy Confirms NYPD Is Led By Howling Morons

By Bob Owens

The problem of creating a rabidly anti-gun culture like the one we see in much of the urban northeast is that you end up with severe knowledge deficits in those professions where a knowledge of firearms is required. The New York City Police Department is now and has long been a disturbing example of what happens when you put “gun clueless” people in charge of firearms procurement and training, and they are showing no signs of their idiocy abating any time soon.

They’ve recently decided to purchase 4th Generation Glock 17 (G17) pistol for rookies, leading older NYPD cops to have a hissy fit that the younger cops are getting “more accurate” pistols for free, while they’ll have to pay to change over from their more compact G19s.

But that’s not the worst of it. Here’s where the stupid really takes hold (My bold below).

The department introduced the Glock 17, Generation 4, to newbies in the Police Academy in July, and is offering it free to all new classes of recruits.

The gunmaker touts “revolutionary” design advances over other models because it features a longer barrel, textured grip, customizable back strap and a reversible, enlarged magazine catch that makes it easier to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms