Heads Up: Your FBI Characters Will Now Carry Different Pistols
TLDR: If your story is set in late 2016 or beyond, depict FBI characters carrying 9mm Glock semi-automatic pistols instead of .40 caliber Glocks. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a change to its standard issue semi-automatic pistols last month that could impact some works of fiction. The agency will switch over to 9mm Glock pistols, […]
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Thad
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Aug 01, 2016 06:29PM
In one of my short stories, set in the present (I don't recall the exact date I wrote it, but it was no earlier than 2007) my FBI agent heroine packs a "standard government issue" .38 six-shot revolver. At the time, I was basing this on something I'd read long before (maybe The FBI Story: A Report To The People) and vague memories of the old TV show The F.B.I.; but I'm guessing that this was probably another blooper caused by inadequate research. I really wish that I'd had a copy of your book when I was writing that story collection!
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