Why Do Civilians Get Better Guns Than The Military?

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When a soldier goes into battle, they are going to undergo the most brutal and destructive experience that a person can endure. While many things go through their mind, they can at least take comfort in the fact that those sending them to war have equipped them with the highest quality weaponry available…right?

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🗓️ Topics Discussed
Comparison of Civilian vs. Military Firearms
Historical Examples of Civilian Firearms in Military Use
Limitations of Military-Issue Firearms

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Further Reading:

“Distinction between military and civilian firearms.” Medium.com. November 19, 2020.

Yen, Paul. “The Hughes Amendment & Machine Guns: What’s the Deal?” PewPewTactical.com. April 5, 2021.

Emary, Dave “Early Vietnam Sniper Rifles.” GunsandAmmo.com June 29, 2020.

McGuire, Frank G. “Sniping in Vietnam: An Inside Look at USMC Snipers in 1967.” AmericanRifleman.org. August 14, 2020.

“Revolutionary War Weapons: The American Long Rifle,” WarfareHistoryNetwork.com. April 2005.

Thomas, Ryan. “The Pennsylvania Long Rifle.” Pennsylvania Center for the Book. 2009. .

Sasser, Charles W. and Craig Roberts. One Shot-One Kill: American Combat Snipers, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Beirut. New York: Simon & Schuster Inc. 1990.

Forney, Major Andrew J. “The Innovation that Wasn’t: U.S. Cavalry, Their Weapons, and Their Training on the Great Plains.” Cimsec.org. October 23, 2014.

Michno, Greg. “Battle of Little Bighorn: Were the Weapons the Deciding Factor?” Historynet.com. June 12, 2006. .


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Simple History Creator: Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
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