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Old 11-09-2012, 03:53 AM
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Really it's not that pistols are useless in combat, but the situations GIs find themselves, pistols are inappropriate and dead weight. It's just one extra thing to worry about to them.
I'm simply conveying what was told to me, and the words were "borderline useless", not "dead weight", "something else to worry about", etc..
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Old 11-09-2012, 03:57 AM
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Eh, I'm glad I had my Beretta, but it's not something I would sweat if I didn't have.

Hell, I was already carrying ten mags on my MOLLE. I was fine as is.

Though around the FOB, it was much easier to carry my M-4 around than fool with my shoulder holster or old pistol belt and UM-84 holster.
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Old 11-16-2012, 07:50 AM
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As a police officer a handgun is more useful. I need my hands free to do things like look at driver licenses, take photographs, arrest people, write in my notepad, ect. It just isn't as practical to carry a rifle or shotgun on my person all the time. But I never know when I might need a firearm so I carry a pistol - two of them actually. The rifle and shotgun ride in my patrolcar.
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Old 11-16-2012, 01:10 PM
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As a police officer a handgun is more useful. I need my hands free to do things like look at driver licenses, take photographs, arrest people, write in my notepad, ect. It just isn't as practical to carry a rifle or shotgun on my person all the time. But I never know when I might need a firearm so I carry a pistol - two of them actually. The rifle and shotgun ride in my patrolcar.
Police work is a lot different than military.
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Old 11-16-2012, 02:06 PM
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carbine/pistol combo is a time proven setup.
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As a police officer a handgun is more useful. I need my hands free to do things like look at driver licenses, take photographs, arrest people, write in my notepad, ect. It just isn't as practical to carry a rifle or shotgun on my person all the time. But I never know when I might need a firearm so I carry a pistol - two of them actually. The rifle and shotgun ride in my patrolcar.
What kind of rifle and shotgun?
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Old 11-16-2012, 05:21 PM
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What kind of rifle and shotgun?
I bet an AR-15 and an 870
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I bet a Mini-14 and a Mossberg 500. Ha!
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I bet a Mini-14 and a Mossberg 500. Ha!
I'll believe a Mossberg but really, a Mini-14?
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