[Aliska]

That looks hard to handle. What is it?

[Yardstick]

That looks hard to handle. What is it?

I don't know, but I agree with you that it looks hard to handle. It looks boxy and awkward and not at all like an improvement over what we have now.

Why not outfit our guys with Kalashnikovs? I know that would be a heresy, but those things seem indestructable and foolproof.

[Servant of the Nine]

That looks hard to handle. What is it?

XM29
Objective Individual Combat Weapon
(OICW)

So9

[Atlas Sneezed]

"That looks hard to handle. What is it?"

It is a way to ensure that citizens don't actually develop the skills of a rifleman, which they might use with rifles available to civilians.