>>12883
>Except you can't take your weapons off the holodeck. There is no way whatsoever to get holodeck constructs off the holodeck. They had an entire episode dedicated to that fact in TNG. They needed a one-of-a-kind piece of 29th century technology which they cannot replicate to let the EMH walk around in VOY.
That's the EMH with the Sassy Doc personality service pack though. A thompson seems far easier to replicate on the holodeck, by overiding the safety feature and telling the computer
>yes computer\arch\fucker I want you to -replicate- me an actual firearm with real live ammo right on the holodeck re-route the energy to hologram emitters routine to energy to matter replication protocol initiate right fucking now
>captain's login: Picard1
>password:REMOVEBORG