The issue is this:
with adding guns to deputies or PO’s the guns cannot be overpowered seeing as there is usually a surplus of cops.
A LOT of guns have high penetration, the promet is a perfect example of this case. When the promets got added to the server patrol officers were given it, however promets have the ability to shoot out the engines of tempest and high tier vehicles with ease.
I was a corporal at the time it got added, I remember seeing a tempest driving from frogs, chasing it in an orca with 4 PO’s in the back, i hot dropped them and all off them ripped the engine out with no problem. Hence why it was taken away from POs, because it basically made them win every fight.
You want the server to be balanced, so you kinda have to be limited to what guns you can really use, and in reality there are not that many guns in Arma, with mods for sure there are a shit ton, but vanilla is quite dry.
I could continue this, however im currently on my phone and this is aids to type.
also not against you getting guns, they just can’t be stronger than an MX pretty much…