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A side arm or sidearm is a weapon usually a handgun but sometimes a dagger knife or other melee weapon which is worn on the body in a holster to permit immediate access and use. A sidearm is typically required equipment for military personnel and sometimes carried by law enforcement personnel. Usually uniformed personnel of these services wear their weapons openly while plainclothes personnel have their sidearms concealed under their clothes.

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