Garda sergeants and inspectors have voted to seek to have the Uzi submachine gun, which was withdrawn, immediately reissued to detectives.
A member of the AGSI national executive claimed that the death of detective Garda Adrian Donohoe might have been prevented if he had been armed with the weapon.
Delegates at the association's annual conference have also rejected any further reductions in their pay and allowances and agreed to take action to oppose the cuts.
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan is due to address the conference this afternoon.
More than a third of the motions at the association's annual conference oppose further cuts to pay and allowances or changes in their working conditions.
This morning all were voted through as the association now formulates its strategy to counteract Government policy.
However, policing issues are also on the agenda as delegates passed a motion calling on Commissioner Callinan to immediately re-issue the Uzi submachine gun to detectives, questioning the risk assessment surrounding the decision
A senior member of the executive, Inspector Walter Kilcullen, claimed that detective Garda Donohoe might still be alive today if the Uzi submachine gun had not been withdrawn.
The sergeants and inspectors agreed that the weapon acts as a deterrent because criminals and terrorists are afraid of it and the submachine gun is far more effective than the present standard issue.
Tighter controls for garda PULSE system
Mr Callinan is to introduce tighter controls on the garda PULSE computer system following the investigation into allegations concerning fixed penalty points.
The system holds details of crimes, traffic violations and criminal records.
The new measures will allow access to the system based on rank.
Higher ranks will gain access to more information, as well as an audit system to establish who is accessing the system and why.
Many sergeants and inspectors feel that Commissioner Callinan is more in tune with Government policy than the concerns of his frontline supervisors and managers.
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter said he expects to receive a report on the penalty points allegations by an assistant commissioner in the next few days, which he said he will publish.
However, Mr Shatter said it was important that individuals who have done no wrong do not have their privacy violated or reputation damaged by information appearing in the public domain.
It emerged late last year that thousands of fines and penalty points issued to motorists had been cancelled.
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