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More to the point, it is the national military pistol of numerous countries both inside and outside of NATO, including the United States of America, which adopted it as the M9 in the mid-1980s. It remains extremely popular among civilians, too. Even with 10-round magazines that are altogether too stingy for its ample size, the Beretta 92 continues to sell to private citizens on the strength of its accuracy, reliability, and smoothness of action. In the Chicago area, where there is no concealed carry option and, suburbanites buy handguns for sport and home protection only, a veteran gun dealer with a huge stock told me recently that the Beretta 92 is his single best-selling handgun model.

And then, there are the cops. The Beretta 92 9mm remains standard issue at this writing for both LAPD and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, two of the nation’s largest law enforcement agencies, though both give their members a short list of other optional guns they can buy on their own. These days, even more departments purchase the Beretta 96, the 92’s twin that is chambered for the .40 S&W cartridge. The state troopers of Rhode Island, Indiana, and Florida are among those who adopted the Beretta 96.