Redundant Gadgets in Pools

[CrosshairCollie]

A quick question I need to ask about a character (in fact, this character right here!) ...

Crosshair has a Gadget Pool, generally used for guns. Suppose I want to hike around with two identical guns at the same time. I recall (though for some reason I can't find it, argh!) that you can simply pay +5 points for a duplicate of the same piece of equipment as a character now (like you can for redundant vehicle/base devices). Would I just stick that in the VPP? For example, my favorite gun:

Magnetic Carbine: 8d6 EB, Armor Piercing, Stun Only, 2clips of 6 charges, OAF Carbine (24 points)

is in there. Would I just take another 5 points out of the pool to go double-pistol-packin'? Or would I pay 5 points out of my 'other' points (not in the pool) to be able to double any one thing in the pool, or how would that work?

[Talon]

If the GM said it was OK, then the 5 points would come from the pool. I wouldn't let a character use this as a cheap way to equip the rest of the PCs, though.

[CrosshairCollie]

I hadn't really planned on it, though under the right circumstances, I'd think the GM might encourage me to lend out my spare Carbine. I think I'm the only person in the game who's really considered the benefits of Stun Only in conjunction with a 20 point Code vs Killing. ;)