While failing at a Google search of a particularly famous photo of a (I am assuming DEA agent) infront of a (if I remember correctly an iroc z) holding a suppressed Mac 10/11 I found this article written in 1988 and thought it was a fun read
DEA Agents Will Carry More Firepower
MIAMI (AP) _ Federal drug agents, starting in Florida, are getting a big boost in firepower with the issue of semi-automatic guns to even the odds against drug dealers often armed with Uzis and Mac-10 machine guns.
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