Buy the gun not the story

[Patrick Chadwick]

A general question about US law and so-called "bringbacks".

A US rifle is issued to a US serviceman.
It is not given to him.
It does not become his personal property.
It is placed in his possession to be used as required by the service.

If he leaves the service, he no longer has any reason or entitlement to possess the weapon.
He cannot give it away or take it with him. It is not his property and he has no rights over it.
It remains the property of the US armed forces.

The service can dispose of the weapon as it pleases.
The serviceman cannot dispose of it at all.

Right or wrong?