Gun-totin" Boebert got a glock

[packman]

https://mediaproxy.salon.com/width/600/

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., received this weekend a custom-printed Glock 22 handgun with the congressional seal on the grip as an apparent gift from members of a group called "Boots on the Ground Bikers for Trump." Boebert now says she does not currently have possession of the gun, perhaps because it's a violation of House ethics rules for members to accept gifts worth more than $50. Furthermore, unauthorized use of the official seal of the U.S. Congress seal is a federal crime.

Video posted to Facebook on Sunday shows group member Duke Everest presenting the gun to the freshman conservative at a private event in a Colorado living room with about two dozen people in attendance. He explains that Boebert, who has made a show of flouting gun regulations in Washington, D.C., and within the U.S. Capitol, earned the gift by doing "exactly what we asked you to do."

https://www.salon.com/2021/01/25/biker-group-gave-rep-lauren-boebert-a-glock-with-congressional-seal--likely-an-illegal-gift/


This empty cartridge, this mis-fire of a human needs to be expelled from Congress

[getagrip_already]

1. and it's 3d printed to boot....

That isn't a printed hand grip. The whole lower receiver is 3d printed.

Not technically illegal, but it doesn't have a s/n and couldn't be registered. It would be illegal in dc since it's not registered.

So what did she do with it?

[krispos42]

5. I don't think it's 3D printed. It's been modified, that's all

It's a common practice to use a heat tool of some sort to reform the plastic of these sorts of pistols. People take a soldering iron, for example, and jab the point into the plastic to add grip texture.

There is a substantial Glock aftermarket customization industry, so I'm assuming one of those businesses added the Congressional seal to an existing grip-texture procedure they already performed.

Google "custom glock texturing". I'll avoid posting pics because some people get offended by "gun porn".

[getagrip_already]

7. just going from the one pic....

The lower looks to be a single plastic part. The grip is not separate from the frame, and the only fasteners visible are pins, not screws.

You might be correct, it just looks printed to me. Hard to tell from just the one pic.

[krispos42]

14. Some polymer-framed pistols have interchangeable grips

I don't believe Glocks do, though.

Some polymer pistols, the serialized part is the metal frame inside, so you can swap out the entire lower, including the dust rail and trigger guard.

[MenloParque]

2. Yuck

I really dislike polymer framed pistols. I was issued one many years ago doing consultancy work in South Africa. Her side arm is garbage and ugly.

[Whiskeytide]

3. If you're a biker gang, why are your boots on the ground? n/t

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. The training wheels fell off.

[Whiskeytide]

17. Very well played. n/t

[krispos42]

4. "Made in Austria"

[sir pball]

8. That irony wasn't missed on me, either

I never really gave it much thought, but I guess there's a reason all the gaudy, flashy, tacky, idiotic "Patriotic Commemorative Conservative Manly Handguns" advertised in the back of the various NRA rags are Colts..

[yonder]

10. Not only that but Boebart, like most if not all Glock's, doesn't have a safety either.

[dware]

13. That's incorrect about Glock's not having a safety,

the safety is on the trigger.

[yonder]

16. Yes, of course. I should have have been specific.

A thumb safety, trigger safety, magazine safety, grip safety or keeping the thing unloaded/uncharged, etc. are all safety's/safety practice. IMO, a firearm with only a trigger safety ain't.

My point is that Boebert has nothing to think about before firing off - she's charged all the time.

[Coleman]

6. Looks pretty well worn

The slide looks like it has been in and out of a holster hundreds of time. There is a dent from a thumb on the lower, looks like the original owner was left handed. So you give an old used gift with no historical significance as a gift.

[Paladin]

9. So what are you saying? That it's a $49.95 Glock?

Trying to cut Nazi Rep. Boebert a little slack?

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Oh, Perfect

This idiot gets a gun with no hard safety! That seems so safe in her hands!

[Kid Berwyn]

12. "For doing everything we asked her to."

Like telephoning Speaker Pelosi’s location during the riot.