![]() The 17M is the fifth generation of Glock’s mainstay pistol and what some would arguably call the first good-looking Glock handgun. There is also better recognition today that the only two factors that stop deadly threats are shot placement and shot penetration. If anything, ammunition choices have improved, training has become more dynamic and there is an increased understanding of the science of stress and incapacitation. This is why the top makes of pistols strapped to the hips of officers today, and the top makes of rifles and shotguns mounted to the front seats of patrol cars in Canada, are not that much different from the ones issued back in 2007. Most agencies in Canada are now issuing patrol carbines and some have switched one make of pistol for another, but the truly futuristic weapons we see on television always have one fatal flaw yet to be overcome - they are not able to be employed in a fraction of a second during a life-threatening situation by an averagely trained officer in order to instantly stop a deadly threat. The longer a fight lasts, the greater the danger to the public, the officers involved and ultimately to the assailants themselves. After all, a law enforcement firearm has only one function - to place an accurate shot deep enough into a vital area in order to stop a deadly threat as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. There have been certain evolutionary changes in the design of almost all police firearms since Blue Line’s last comprehensive cross-Canada Gun Survey in 2007, but there is little that is truly revolutionary. The firearms that will be issued by law enforcement agencies in Canada today and into the future are not that much different than what were issued a decade ago.
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