Black leather belt with a holster for his sidearm, a .38 calibre pistol.

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Spann emptied his rifle, then his sidearm, then fought hand-to-hand as he was swarmed by raging prisoners screaming "Allahu akbar!"

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The couple stayed at a Holiday Inn inside the golden zone guarded by men with machine guns even the bellboy carried a sidearm.

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"Everyone is a lot more on edge, " said one of the deputies, a 24-year veteran, who was in uniform with a bulletproof vest and his sidearm.

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Ewert, a business consultant who once worked for the Luxembourg stock exchange, worked with Glock for 15 years as Glock's little-known gun became the sidearm of choice for U.S. law enforcement.

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