Weed whackers and weed eaters were used fairly interchangeably where I grew up in the US southwest and mountain west.

“Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.” - Benito Mussolini

If this dude figured out how to lift a full size duty weapon out of a retention holster using nothing but a plastic dino-grabber then he deserves to keep those guns.