Gun laws a minefield for...

Gun laws a minefield for military: "As thousands of U.S. military personnel in California deploy to the Persian Gulf in preparation for war, some of them are having a serious problem. They can't get guns. Oh sure, the military provides them with an array of weapons: M-16s, grenade launchers, squad automatic weapons and so on. They're heavily armed. But a lot of military types, particularly guys in special-operations units, like to supplement some of the standard-issue weaponry with privately purchased handguns and gun-related equipment of their own choosing. Often the handguns and equipment they can buy in the private market are better and more advanced than the standard-issue stuff."