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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
In fact, I just thought of one, armored truck drivers and escorts are not law enforcement. They wear body armor here in NYC.
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If you read my posts you will see I said non-work related. I am trying to find a reasonable use for body armor. That is a use that a reasonable person would potentially use it for.
Just because someone may use it in an extreme case does not mean it should be legal. Look at lock picking tools. You cannot have them unless you have a permit for work related reasons. However, a person may use them to pick a lock in their own home (a legal use) but that doesn't mean the lock picks are legal. At the same time look at napster and other file sharing services. There are legal reasons to use those services (sharing your own files for example) but yet the courts ruled that those services were illegal because they were primarily used for illegal reasons.
Right now I don't see a logical reason to have body armor (and I'm not talking about a bullet proof vest here, i'm talking about the stuff the military uses) without a work related reason for having it. If someone would please provide a typical use of such an armor then my view could be easily changed but right now I haven't seen a good reason. The only "good" reason I can think of right now is for a costume party....