Gun Company Sparks Controversy for Producing Firearm That Looks Like a Colorful LEGO Gun
A Utah-based firearm company has halted production of its colorful Block 19 gun which was designed to resemble a toy gun made from LEGO-like bricks, after facing criticism.
Culper Precision, a company that specializes in taking “a firearm of known value” and transforming it into a “personalized invaluable treasure for a fair price”, recently debuted the Block 19, a Glock handgun that looked more like a child’s toy. Vividly colored and seemingly assembled out of LEGO bricks, the gun definitely attracted a lot of attention from everyone, including gun control activists and non-profits, which described the pistol as irresponsible and dangerous. One organization even wrote LEGO, asking the Danish company to intervene.
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Amid outcries from gun safety groups, toy company Lego sent a Provo, Utah-based company a cease and desist letter to stop producing Block19, a multicolored kit that encases Glock handguns that look like they were made from Legos blocks.
The product is made by Culper Precision, which marketed it as “a childhood dream come to life.” The price of a Block19 ranged from $549 to $765. We have been building guns out of blocks for the last 30 years and wanted to flip the script to aggravate Mom,” Culper Precision posted on its official website. On its Instagram page, Culper Precision wrote that the product was Super Fun.
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BBC reports that Culper Precision does custom work on Austrian-designed Glock 19 pistols. Culper Precision refers to its custom Glock 19 as the “Block 19.”
Culper Precision noted that it came up with the idea of the gun as part of an effort to “highlight the pure enjoyment of the shooting sports.”
But the Danish company Lego demanded Culper Precision cease making the pistols, as they are “covered in what looks like Lego bricks.”
Skip to main content SUPER FUN : A gun covered in Lego-like bricks to look like a toy sets off a furor
John Woodrow Cox, The Washington Post
July 13, 2021
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This Glock handgun was customized by Culper Precision to model the appearance of Lego building blocks. (Culper Precision)Culper Precision
About a week ago, a company in Utah that makes custom modifications to firearms debuted what it described as a fun new product: A kit that encases Glock handguns in what looks like red, yellow and blue Lego blocks, refashioning lethal weapons to look exactly like children s toys. We have been building guns out of blocks for the last 30 years and wanted to flip the script to aggravate Mom, Provo-based Culper Precision explained on its website. It went on to argue that personal defense is a right granted by God and that gun ownership is protected by the Constitution before getting to the most important reason the company was selling BLOCK19, as the design was named
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