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Posted on 01/19/2023 10:56:55 AM PST by PROCON
Most Californians would be banned from purchasing or taking possession of body armor, such as a bullet-proof vest, under a bill now being considered by state lawmakers.
Assembly Bill 92, introduced by Assemblyman Damon Connolly, D-San Rafael, comes as a response to many high-profile mass shootings where the shooter wore body armor. That includes the 2015 massacre in San Bernardino, where two people wearing tactical gear killed 14 people at a holiday gathering.
State and federal law already prohibit people convicted of a violent felony from possessing body armor. AB 92 would make it a misdemeanor for anyone outside of a specified profession to purchase or take possession of body armor.
In its current form, the bill exempts law enforcement officers and members of the military, armored car guards and security guards, firefighters and paramedics, firearms dealers and body armor salespeople, building safety inspectors and code enforcement officers.
The bill also makes it a felony to commit violence with a firearm while wearing body armor.
“Simply put, the widespread availability of military-grade body armor helps mass shooters and criminals kill more people,” Connolly said in a statement. “It is clear that the sale of body armor has empowered violent criminals, including mass shooters, to harm, kill, and prolong their rampages. This ongoing and unnecessary epidemic of violence must be stopped and AB 92 will help protect innocent bystanders and our peace officers.”
While body armor is expensive and rarely used by criminals in most crimes, according to NPR, there has been an uptick in mass shooters wearing it during their attacks.
At least 21 mass shooters have worn some form of body armor over the last 40 years, according to The Violence Project, which studies gun violence. The majority of those cases were in the last decade.
AB 92 likely will be heard in committee later this spring.
Anyone think this is a good idea?
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You’ll own nothing and like it
Its a bad idea. All they have to do is issue more meaningful weapons to the cops.
At first glance I though ‘shooters’ at ranges doing their target practice. Made sense as everything out there is ass-backward.
I’m going to make an Ironman suit…
That way their robots can kill you easier.
Translation:
They want more dead gun victims....................
.338 Lapua to the forehead might work…
Leftists really really really care about human life which is why they have no issue leaving the border wide open so enough fentanyl to kill every man, woman and child in the USA 3 times over comes in. 10,000 people a month are now dying from that poison being sent by the Chicoms and those victims aren’t all drug addicts. But apparently gas stoves are the bigger threat. Maybe if the gas stove industry paid off democraps and the Biden occupation they too could stay in business.
“The bill also makes it a felony to commit violence with a firearm while wearing body armor.”
What? Is violence with a firearm now just a misdemeanor?
Yep. Its all about cartridge and targeting.
Coming out of the land of fruits and nuts...
I have to like what they State GOP guy was doing out in New Mexico, targeting Democrats.
Coming out of the land of fruits and nuts
The only thing they have is , “BAN IT”
>.338 Lapua to the forehead might work…
What forehead?
Exactly…
Obviously because it isn't a felony to commit violence with a firearm while not wearing body armor.
Drive to Nevada.
Buy body armor.
Drive back.
Put on body armor.
This is too difficult of a concept for DemonRATs.
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