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Personal firearms won us the are made to meet a certain minimum
revolutionary war so I cant be completely standard, they may not be as high quality
against the idea. or may even lack some good features found
I do think though that national guardsmen on more expensive weapons.
and reservists should carry their own Another advantage is that every soldier
personal side arms and be forced to would be carrying a weapon that fits him
qualify with them. or her. People's hands come in different
The reserves tend to get stuff 2nd, 3rd sizes; it would make sense to allow for a
or 4th hand, so encouraging them to range of firearms to be used, rather than
purchase personal firearms would at least the "one sizes fits some" mentality.
mean that their weapons would be new as It's not a matter of "looking cool," or
or newer than the ones in the active duty just "trying to be different." I think
inventory. there are some valid reasons why we
It is hard to be proficient with the M9 should look into allowing the use of
when only officers get to use them, and personal firearms. When agencies buy
even then it is only once a year that my guns, price is a huge factor because they
unit goes to the range. Maybe it is have limited budgets, but when
because I am in a hospital reserve unit, individuals buy guns, price is
but that has been my experience. considerably less important. If you could
It is just not practical to carry a M16 get a gun of much better quality,
or M4 in a hospital while you are trying reliability or accuracy for a few hundred
to see patients. But my unit does not dollars more, I think most sensible
have enough M9s to issue to everyone. By people would want the most bang for their
having the opportunity to carry a buck rather than what is the cheapest gun
personal sidearm I could ensure that I they can carry. Why buy a used 38 special
would always be armed and ready in case police revolver for 300 bucks when you
one of the "patients" turned out to be an can buy a new hi-capacity Glock for not
insurgent. much more? Of course, knowing that common
People tend to respect things more when sense is not so common any more, any
they own them. If the gun is yours, there military organization that allowed
is an attachment to that gun that you personal weapons would have to set up
wont have with a "lowest bidder GI specific criteria and have the firearm
weapon." If the government's rifle is not inspected by the unit armorer to ensure
clean, who cares, right? Someone else that it meets those criteria. No Saturday
will get stuck with it. But if it is your night specials in our beloved military!
gun that you paid for, you might be a Weapon confidence and morale would be
little more diligent in cleaning it better as well. Everyone has a gun that
right? I mean, since you would be the they think is inferior or one that is
"lucky one" to use it in combat and you really great. People tend to buy what
wouldnt want to have to buy another one they like best, so if they were carrying
because it was poorly maintained. a personal sidearm, chances are they
No offense to GI weapons, but mil spec would be more willing to practice with it
weapon is made to be cheap. Though they and less likely to complain about it.






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