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Seen from below the pistol, this is the subtle yet difficult movement a criminal would have to perform, while an officer held his Beretta still for him, to disassemble the gun in the cop’s hand. The concept of such a disarm is simply an urban legend.

FBI made headlines in the firearms press with their adoption of the S&W 10mm, subsequent large-scale purchases of the SIG 9mm, and orders for a few hundred Para Ordnance and Springfield Armory .45 autos and a small contract for .40 caliber Glocks. Yet almost lost in the shadows was the vast purchase of thousands upon thousands of Beretta 96D Brigadiers as standard sidearms for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, a volume acquisition that dwarfs all the auto pistols the FBI has purchased, combined.

The Beretta is also extremely popular among armed citizens as a home and store defense weapon, its frame size being somewhat large for concealed carry. American civilians have historically followed their military’s choice of small arms, and have historically been satisfied. The Beretta pistol seems to be no exception.