[10feet]

My tax dollars paid for that gun officer, so let me hold it.

I mean, I agree with you, but this is a silly statement. Just because the government pays for something does not allow you access to it.

[dannypgh]

And that's a silly comparison. Copyright law already excludes work created by official duties of officers of the federal government from copyright.

That's not this work, but arguably the original motives and intent of the law is subverted if what's happening here is the government outsourcing the creation of the work to a third party.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_the...

I see no parallels to firearm possession.