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A side arm is a firearm
Firearm

A firearm is a tool that projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined combustion of a propellant....
, usually a pistol, which is worn on the body in a holster
Holster

A holster is an unspecified, yet specialized article of clothing or a device, worn to hold, or restrict the undesired movement of, an item, such as a handgun or other weapon, cellular telephone, hand tool, or virtually any other small object about the person, most commonly in a location where it can be easily withdrawn for immediate use....
 to permit immediate access and use.






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A side arm is a firearm
Firearm

A firearm is a tool that projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined combustion of a propellant....
, usually a pistol, which is worn on the body in a holster
Holster

A holster is an unspecified, yet specialized article of clothing or a device, worn to hold, or restrict the undesired movement of, an item, such as a handgun or other weapon, cellular telephone, hand tool, or virtually any other small object about the person, most commonly in a location where it can be easily withdrawn for immediate use....
 to permit immediate access and use. A side arm is typically required equipment for law enforcement
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 personnel and military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
 personnel. Usually, uniformed personnel of these services wear their weapons openly, while plainclothes personnel have their side arms concealed under their clothes.

Government security service bodyguard
Bodyguard

A bodyguard is a type of security guard or government agent who protects a person?usually a famous, wealthy, or politically important figure?from assault, kidnapping, assassination, stalking, loss of Confidentiality, or other threats....
s for VIP
Very Important Person

A Very Important Person, or VIP is a person who is accorded special privileges due to his or her status or importance.Examples include celebrities, heads of state/head of government, major employers, high rollers, politicians, high-level corporate officers, wealthy individuals, or any other WP:N person who receives special treatment f...
s and heads of state who need a weapon that can be concealed under clothing may have a fully automatic machine pistol
Machine pistol

A machine pistol is a handgun-style, magazine -fed and self-loading firearm, capable of Automatic firearm or burst fire, and normally chambered for pistol cartridges....
 as a side arm. In a military setting, machine pistols are issued as personal defense sidearms to paratroopers, artillery crews, helicopter crews or tank crews.

Other eras

The term can also refer to sword
Sword

A sword is a long, edged piece of metal, used as a cutting, thrusting, and clubbing weapon in many civilizations throughout the world. The word sword comes from the Old English language wikt:sweord, cognate to Old High German swert, Middle Dutch swaert, Old Norse sver? Old Frisian and Old Saxon swerd and Dutch langua...
s and other mêlée
Mêlée

Melee generally refers to disorganized close combat involving a group of fighters. A melee ensues when groups become locked together in combat with no regard to group tactics or fighting as an organized unit; each participant fights as an individual....
 weapons (eg. the rapier
Rapier

A rapier is a relatively slender, sharply pointed sword, used mainly for thrusting attacks, mainly in use in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries....
, the katana
Katana

A Japanese sword, or , is one of the traditional bladed weapons of Japan. These are categorised in several types according to size and method of manufacture....
 and wakizashi
Wakizashi

File:Edo period Wakizashi.jpgFile:Daisho Asian Art Museum SF.JPGThe is a traditional Japanese sword with a shoto blade between 30 and 60 cm , with an average of 50 cm ....
, the arming sword
Arming sword

The arming sword is the single handed cruciform sword of the High Middle Ages, in common use between ca. 1000 and 1350, possibly remaining in rare use into the 16th century....
 and the side-sword
Side-sword

The term "Side-Sword" is a recently-coined calque of the Italian spada da lato and is used to generally describe several types of swords popular during the late 15th through 17th Centuries....
 are all considered sidearms for their respective eras of use); the modern use of it usually pertains to pistols and similar firearm
Firearm

A firearm is a tool that projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined combustion of a propellant....
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