"[...] became a phenomenal seller, especially in the United States. It arrived in the mid-1980s, when crime rates were soaring and police officers felt outgunned. New models and calibers with extended clips [sic] were introduced. Two-thirds of America's police forces, including New York City's, adopted the Glock, as did many federal, state and county agencies ... He [Glock] was vilified by gun-control advocates and hailed by gun aficionados. Despite the Glock's popular depiction as a criminal's weapon and its use in some of America's most spectacular mass shootings, Mr. Barrett, the author of Glock, said the gun had not commonly been traced to crime scenes — indeed, far less so than other firearm brands."