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12-18-2008, 5:46 AM
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Can you keep/buy your service sidearm?
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Buddy of mine is telling me that his dad is no longer in the service, but still has his Beretta M9. Not just a Beretta 92, his service M9. Might have bought it when he left the service. I'd never heard anything like this, whats the deal? All true, or is this guy just blowing smoke? Perhaps the story is distorted as it was passed along, and he simply owns a 92 thats "just like" the one he carried? Thanks! 
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12-18-2008, 8:45 AM
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No...
I think there have been periods of time when you were able to but not anymore. (at least, not while I was in) You can buy Beretta M9s, though. Beretta made some production models marked M9 instead of 92FS a while back...
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12-18-2008, 10:10 AM
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When that happens, you're in possession of stolen government property, however.
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12-18-2008, 12:45 PM
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in a word NO you cannot.
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12-18-2008, 12:55 PM
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I was going to say yes, under certain circumstances, but then I realized we wern't talking about LEO.
Dad got to keep his sidearm when he retired from the SO's.
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12-18-2008, 3:54 PM
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Ummm, hypothetical. Lets say this really was stolen gov't property. What would happen if he tried to sell it? Would the DROS process catch it? Would you get a nice visit from the MP's? BATFE? Maybe this is a question better off moved to the "Legal" forum.
Seriously, just a hypothetical. Far as I know, whatever it is its not for sale.
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12-18-2008, 4:05 PM
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If the equipment was written off as a loss by the military originally, there might not even be a record of it existing as a functional firearm anymore. Hypothetically.
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12-18-2008, 6:26 PM
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I *love* hypothetically.
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12-19-2008, 10:19 AM
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It used to be possible, but not anymore. Back in mid-90's one could buy his service weapon (some of them, they wouldn't sell an M249) when honorably discharged. They closed that thing back in the 90's though.
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12-19-2008, 1:19 PM
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My uncle has his old trusty GI .45 from his Vietnam days. Even if they did, I wouldn't want the M9 anyways, carried that BB gun POS for 15 months.
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12-19-2008, 6:02 PM
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12-29-2008, 1:01 PM
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12-29-2008, 7:20 PM
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No you cant buy your service firearm. I cleaned out my garage a few years back and found a bunch of old cammo gear packs kevlar boots hats and assorted crap. 99% of it went in the trash it wasnt really useable Mold and jsut old age etc. Most of the stuff was jsut boxed up and thrown in the rafters where it stood till I went and cleaned the stuff out. its been up there for at least 10 years. I kept one globe and anchor from a old uniform.
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12-30-2008, 6:19 AM
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I can tell you that since 1974 you cannot buy your issued military weapon. If you lose your weapon you will pay for it, but you don't get to keep it if it is found later.
There are people I have met that brought a .45 or similar weapon home from a war, but these guys "found" the weapon on the battlefield, and it belonged to somebody else that wasn't around anymore, and they had not signed for it. It was written off the books as a combat loss, and at the time nobody really cared.
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12-31-2008, 8:55 PM
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There is a program for retiring Generals to purchase their pistol. Info is here http://tri.army.mil/LC/cs/csl/genera...ol_program.htm. There was no program for enlisted personnel while i was in. Even if someone "lost" their weapon,the investigation by CID would really suck(They're thorough). Not to mention that everyone gets locked down until the weapon is found or written off.
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01-01-2009, 8:07 PM
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02-05-2009, 4:02 PM
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does your buddy's daddy have stars on his shoulders?
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