Federal Air Marshal guns/ammo questions...
- Thread starter Patriots
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No wooden bullets ever. No Glasers since waaayyy back when they were "Sky Marshals" carrying Charter Arms Bulldogs. Gold Dots these days.
As far as issued vs "other" weapons, they don't have the luxury of using they're own personal guns, picking up guns off the ground, getting them from their friends, or purchasing them from the local black market. Like every other federal agency they take what they're given, like it or not. That includes guns, ammo, magazines, holsters, cuffs, etc, etc. The only place they may have options would be holsters depending on mode of dress but the holsters would still need to meet retention requirements and perhaps accessability policy.
As far as issued vs "other" weapons, they don't have the luxury of using they're own personal guns, picking up guns off the ground, getting them from their friends, or purchasing them from the local black market. Like every other federal agency they take what they're given, like it or not. That includes guns, ammo, magazines, holsters, cuffs, etc, etc. The only place they may have options would be holsters depending on mode of dress but the holsters would still need to meet retention requirements and perhaps accessability policy.
All this thread is providing is information the Air Marshall program has publicly disclosed about itself or which has come out of other open sources.
"Loose lips sink ships" does not apply when discussing information the government releases about itself.
As said above, there is a real deterrent factor in knowing how these guys operate. Johnny Jihad doesn't know where or when the marshall might be on board, but he does know that the shooting standard is a hit to the spinal column from the draw, and that marshalls are authorized and trained to shoot through anyone to hit the bad guy. That tends to give Johnny Jihad a bit of pause as he doesn't mind dying but he does mind failing.
David Armstrong
Moderator
As a former Marshal (not Fed), I would like to point out that the proper spelling is as above, with one "L", not two. Common mistake, as shown by many postings here.
alienbogey
New member
Phasers. Not set on 'stun', either.
