def give_weapon(self):
        '''
        Gives a player their current levels weapon.
        '''
        error = None
        # Make sure player is on a team
        if self.team < 2:
            error = ('Unable to give player weapon (%s): ' % self.userid +
                     'is not on a team.')

        # Make sure player is alive
        elif _getPlayer(self.userid).isdead:
            error = ('Unable to give player weapon (%s): ' % self.userid +
                     'is not alive.')

        # Error ?
        if error:
            raise GunGameError(error)

        # Knife ?
        if self.weapon == 'knife':
            # Make them use their knife
            _es.server.queuecmd('es_xsexec %s "use weapon_knife"' % (
                                                                self.userid))

            # If there is a level below the user's current level
            if self.level > 1:
                # Strip previous weapons
                self.strip_weapons(_level_weapon(self.level - 1))
            else:
                self.strip()

        # Nade ?
        elif self.weapon == 'hegrenade':
            # Give them a grenade.
            given_weapon = _spe.giveNamedItem(self.userid, "weapon_hegrenade")

            # Make them use the grenade
            _es.server.queuecmd('es_xsexec %s "use weapon_hegrenade"' % (
                                                                self.userid))

            # If there is a level below the user's current level
            if self.level > 1:
                # Strip previous weapons
                self.strip_weapons(_level_weapon(self.level - 1))
            else:
                self.strip()

        else:
            # Player owns this weapon.
            if _spe.ownsWeapon(self.userid, "weapon_%s" % self.weapon):
                # Make them use it. If we don't do this, a very
                # strange bug comes up which prevents the player
                # from getting their current level's weapon after
                # being stripped,
                _es.server.queuecmd('es_xsexec %s "use weapon_%s"'
                    % (self.userid, self.weapon))

                return

            # Player DOES NOT own this weapon.
            else:
                # Retrieve a list of all weapon names in the player's
                # possession
                playerWeapons = _spe.getWeaponDict(self.userid)

                if playerWeapons:
                    # See if there is a primary weapon in the list of weapons
                    pWeapon = set(playerWeapons.keys()).intersection(
                                                                list_pWeapons)

                    # See if there is a primary weapon in the list of weapons
                    sWeapon = set(playerWeapons.keys()).intersection(
                                                                list_sWeapons)

                    # Set up the weapon to strip
                    weapToStrip = None

                    # Strip secondary weapon ?
                    if 'weapon_' + self.weapon in list_sWeapons and sWeapon:
                        weapToStrip = sWeapon.pop()

                    # Strip primary weapon ?
                    elif 'weapon_' + self.weapon in list_pWeapons and pWeapon:
                        weapToStrip = pWeapon.pop()

                    if weapToStrip:
                        # Make them drop the weapon
                        _spe.dropWeapon(self.userid, weapToStrip)

                        # Now remove it
                        _spe.removeEntityByInstance(playerWeapons
                                                    [weapToStrip]["instance"])

                # Now give them the weapon and save the weapon instance
                given_weapon = _spe.giveNamedItem(self.userid,
                    "weapon_%s" % self.weapon)

                # Retrieve the weapon instance of the weapon they "should" own
                weapon_check = _spe.ownsWeapon(self.userid, "weapon_%s"
                    % self.weapon)

                # Make sure that the player owns the weapon we gave them
                if weapon_check != given_weapon:
                    # Remove the given weapon since the player does not own it
                    _spe.removeEntityByInstance(given_weapon)

                    # If they don't have the right weapon, fire give_weapon()
                    if not weapon_check:
                        self.give_weapon()
                        return

                _es.server.queuecmd('es_xsexec %s "use weapon_%s"'
                    % (self.userid, self.weapon))