Myth: Gun makers are selling plastic guns that slip through metal detectors

Fact: There is no such thing as a ‘plastic gun’. This myth started in 1980¹ when Glock began marketing a handgun with a polymer frame, not the entire firearm. Most of a Glock is metal (83% by weight), detectable in common metal and x-ray detectors. “[D]espite a relatively common impression to the contrary, there is no current non-metal firearm not reasonably detectable by present technology and methods in use at our airports today, nor to my knowledge, is anyone on the threshold of developing such a firearm.”²

Incidentally, Glock is one of the favorite handguns of police departments because it is lightweight, thanks to the polymer frame.

This is an excerpt from “Gun Facts” by Guy Smith, available free from http://www.gunfacts.info