2006-11-06 08:03:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
You need to turn in your weapon, but you get to keep your gun.
2006-11-06 08:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mutt 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Don't know where the rest of these people get their information from, but we just moved a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army about 2 weeks ago, and he had about 8 guns that he had got to keep. I don't know which kind, I just know that 5 of them were sidearms.
2006-11-06 09:45:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No member of the military can keep their weapons when you leave military. The weapons belong to the taxpayers. There is one exception!
I can speak for the US Army, when a Colonel is promoted to 1 Star General(Brigadier General), part of his General Officer (G.O.) Kit is an idividually numbered and engraved 9mm. When that General retires, he or she has the option to purchase that weapon or return it to the militaries inventory.
2006-11-06 08:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by BionicNahlege 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes but only if you are a male. The rifle that the military issues you, you have to turn back in to the Military doesn't matter if you are male or female.
2006-11-06 08:41:19 · answer #4 · answered by JohnRingold 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My "gun" has never left my body since the day I was born.
However, I never got to take my rifle with me when transferring from unit to unit -- I was always issued a new one, as the rifle is assigned to the unit, not the soldier, on the Table Of Equipment (TOE).
And I CERTAINLY was not allowed to take my rifle with me when I retired from the Army. That is government property, not my personal property.
2006-11-06 09:37:05 · answer #5 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Males are allowed to keep their guns. Their rifles, however, they must return.
So what is the difference between the two? One is for fighting.
2006-11-06 09:28:22 · answer #6 · answered by Big Blair 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FYI, don't call it a "gun" in front of military folks. It's a weapon, or a rifle.
2006-11-06 12:34:51 · answer #7 · answered by kherome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You turn your rifle in, luckily your "gun" is something the military does not take from you LOL!! *civilians* LOL!!!
2006-11-06 09:42:09 · answer #8 · answered by dluvshistory 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not to often cowboy..you might if you leave the service after 30 years..but thankfully assult riffles are for sale again! so buy yourself an M-16 you'll have more fun with it there.
2006-11-06 08:10:54 · answer #9 · answered by ashtonw05 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, you can't keep your gun. It belongs to the US Gov't.
2006-11-06 09:37:32 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋