FIRST LOOK: Beretta 92G Brigadier Volunteer Pays Tribute to Tennessee

By Chad Adams

Tennessee enjoys a special designation when it comes to military service. It’s known as the Volunteer State, and Tennesseans have long stood up to fight at critical moments in American history. From Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans to 30,000 Tennesseans raising an army of volunteers to fight in the Mexican-American War, Tennesseans have seemingly always led the way.

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And though historians disagree over which moment was the seminal act to cement Tennessee’s volunteer legacy, the names alone string together its glorious history—Davy Crockett, Sam Houston and Alvin York, to name a few—along with an untold number who have volunteered their service, and lives, for the U.S. military.

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Beretta, of course, needs no introduction here. Nor does the company’s commitment to the U.S. military. After its adoption in 1985, the Beretta M9 served as America’s military sidearm for more than 30 years.

In conjunction with that pivotal contract, Beretta USA set up shop in Accokeek, Maryland. There it produced U.S. military M9s, 92s for the civilian market and more. Then, in 2014, in response to Maryland’s passage of the Firearm Safety Act of 2013, which included …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life