Question about the Secret Service pistols seen in Congress today...

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Mostly just curious, because a friend and I got talking about it this afternoon, but couldn't come up with a decent answer.

Two of the guards have pistols with red and white reflective tape on the slides, but the others don't. We were thinking that these might designate some form of less-lethal loading, but couldn't say for sure. Not chonky enough to be Tasers. Any ideas? We also chucked the idea of a "Identification, Friend or Foe," because only two of the guards have them.

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Impossible. I just checked Glockstore, and there's no such product.

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If there was, you know that Glockstore would be selling it. ; )
 
The same question was being discussed on Reddit . No one seemed to know the answer , but it was suggested that the guns with the reflective tape were in-house guns issued to staff in an emergency ; whereas the pistols without the strips were standard issue duty carry.
 
Likely Capital Police instead of Secret Service?

I have seen that technique as friend/foe in various units and agencies over the years. Secret service generally use their pins for ID'ing
 
It's a very logical conclusion this tape merely denotes what agency or department lawfully owns these handguns. Perhaps you could further surmise that maybe this pistol could be wielded by more than one authorized user in an emergency such as this.
 
Avalonthas said:
Likely Capital Police instead of Secret Service?

I have seen that technique as friend/foe in various units and agencies over the years. Secret service generally use their pins for ID'ing
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Yep, my thought also.

The Secret Service is charged with the protection of certain people rather then with the protection of property.

I suspect the Secret Service there left with the people they were assigned to protect.
 
Many moons ago I had an opportunity to visit a doctor's research lab in John Hopkins Medical facility.
This is a sprawling complex in Baltimore. Much of it borders low income/very high crime areas.
Security was low key but ever present. The buildings were joined by indoor hallways much like Albertans are used to in rural oil camps.
At every corner was a uniformed security guard quite often seated at a wooden desk. Each guard had a loaded 38 revolver in the top desk drawer. He could only handle it in a real emergency.
I wonder if these tape marked pistols are hidden close by. Like a fire extinguisher in a fixed position? But during normal activities the Tv cameras of media would almost never view it??
 
They are all wearing plain clothes, perhaps it’s to denote that they are secret service. We can only see 2, but the others could be facing away from the camera? Or perhaps they are non-lethal? Pepper ball? I feel like the answer is probably pretty simple, but with out more info it’s tough to guess.
 
Midnight Rider said:
The same question was being discussed on Reddit . No one seemed to know the answer , but it was suggested that the guns with the reflective tape were in-house guns issued to staff in an emergency ; whereas the pistols without the strips were standard issue duty carry.
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This option is the one that makes sense the most. Mixing less lethal and lethal in this situation doesn’t and if it is the case, I’d hate to be the guy getting the rubber ball gun when everybody around got the real deal.
 
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