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Desensitization to guns
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this post was submitted on 24 May 2026
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Yeah but even then that's one of the seemingly universal jokes about the military, that being folks smuggling out their service weapons. Great grandad's Colt/ Makarov/ Webley/ Beretta/ Luger/ et cetera. Pretty sure I've heard stories of soldiers jacking artillery back in the 1700s for similar reasons, have folks use and take care of a piece of equipment and they'll probably try to keep it forever, hell you can still find WW2 era junk that got smuggled out for basically that reason.
I mean the newest example you gave is from over 80 years ago, so thanks for backing my point up
Except it really doesn't have a basis. There are few militaries from developed and stableish nations that allow you to keep your weapon outside of the situation that require it, let alone have a mechanism for service weapons to be kept after service. Several Nordic countries bordering russia notwithstanding.