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Posted by DougDubya:
Oh... and note - lots of people take MONEY for those kinds of book blurbs. Cash in pocket helps sell your credibility.

So you're accusing FBI Special Agents Mireles and McNeil---who both were awarded the FBI Medal of Valor for their actions during the FBI Miami shootout, and were both seriously injured in the process, two men who Massad Ayoob has declared to be "heroes"---of taking money under the table to endorse Dr. Anderson's study?!

You are definitely on the lowest road possible when you attack two genuine American heroes, Doug.

 

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THE FBI'S 10MM PISTOL

By Special Agent John C. Hall

Unit Chief, Firearms Training Unit
FBI Academy; Quantico, Virginia

"For several decades, FBI Agents carried the .38 caliber revolver as a standard firearm. Now, after extensive testing and evaluation, the FBI is converting to a new semiautomatic pistol. The new pistol, built to FBI specifications and chambered for a new cartridge - the 10mm, will be issued to all FBI Agents to replace existing revolvers. This article describes the process that led to this decision.

BACKGROUND

The authority for FBI Agents to carry firearms was first granted in 1934. Although pistols were sometimes issued or permitted on a limited basis, the revolver predominated as the FBI sidearm. The first significant shift occurred in 1981, when Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams were equipped with large capacity 9mm pistols. Since then, 9mm pistols have also become the issue weapons for the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and special surveillance teams.

For the general Agent population, however, revolvers remained the issue weapon, though the increasing use of pistols reflected a growing recognition that the modern pistol provides certain advantages over the revolver. Primarily, pistols are generally more compact and portable and provide a larger ammunition capacity. They are also quicker and easier to reload. Moreover, experience has shown that pistols are generally easier to shoot quickly and accurately due to the self cocking operation of the slide following each shot and the more efficient transmission of recoil. What is most important, however, is that pistols have proven to be durable and reliable.

Undoubtedly, interest in pistols intensified when innovative designs of the weapon began to appear on the market during the early 1980s. Whereas the basic revolver design remains much as it was at the turn of the century, the pistol has been virtually refashioned in recent years, providing a wide range of such innovative features as double stacked large capacity magazines, double action triggers, ambidextrous controls, multiple safety devices, and endless varieties of shapes and sizes.

Meanwhile, other events entered into the picture. Instances where law enforcement officers were confronting more violent, heavily armed subjects appeared to be on the rise. The increasing use of semiautomatic and even fully automatic weapons by certain segments of the criminal element began to raise concerns about the adequacy of law enforcement armament.

SELECTION OF A NEW HANDGUN

In 1987, new impetus was given to the FBI's ongoing evaluation of firearms and ammunition. The Firearms Training Unit, located at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA, set out to identify the best possible handgun for FBI Agents. Firearms training experts undertook a major testing project to evaluate a variety of 9mm and .45 caliber pistols then on the market. While several of the pistols tested were effective, none possessed all of the features desired in a general issue FBI weapon. The challenge was to develop a pistol that met the needs of the FBI.

In the meantime, as a response to a growing perception within Agent ranks that a pistol was preferable to the revolver, the Director of the FBI authorized Agents to use personally owned pistols, either 9mm or .45 caliber, as long as the weapons were of approved manufacture and design and the training and qualification standards were met."

http://www.pointshooting.com/fbi10mm.htm

 

[DougDubya]

Actually, I'm attacking your variance of every other account aside from some pediatrician/geneticist's self-serving, non-peer reviewed fictionalized account.

You now suddenly speak up for Ayoob, when you call his version "a fairy tale?"

Get your stuff straight.

 

[Ltlabner]

We get it you two. You dissagree over the lessons to be drawn from the FBI Miami shoot out.

It's beyond boring now.

 

[easyrider604]

Thank you, LtLabner

 

[DougDubya]

Okeydoke, Lilabner.

I at least know how to keep my story straight.