> It's not economically feasible to give everyone state of the art sniper rifles like this.
The US has ~2M active duty / reserve military members.[1] The SR25 is a common choice for 'sniper' rifles in the military and costs about $5K new and kitted out. If this state of the art rifle costs 5x the typical rifle, it would cost $25B to outfit half of our current military with these weapons.
The US spends over $650B per year on our military[2], so that $25B would only represent 4% of our annual budget.
The US has ~2M active duty / reserve military members.[1] The SR25 is a common choice for 'sniper' rifles in the military and costs about $5K new and kitted out. If this state of the art rifle costs 5x the typical rifle, it would cost $25B to outfit half of our current military with these weapons.
The US spends over $650B per year on our military[2], so that $25B would only represent 4% of our annual budget.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_...
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_e...