oddly enough while at ground zero during the 9-11 crisis I saw a number of NYPD on duty with revolvers- My take is that a bunch of desk jockeys that never bothered to carry guns went down for the overtime and due to the all hands on deck mentality of the situation.I saw a NYPD guy in full swat regalia but holstering a snubby in a thigh rig! It appeared to be a modified older leather holster and the gun had visible rust on the backstrap!